Motivated or Inspired........

Last night after the munchkins were fast asleep I was doing some channel surfing. I must admit, if channel surfing was a sport; I would be in line to not only be a professional but close to championship status. lol. I guess that makes me a legend in my own mind.



I came across the movie, "Jerry Maguire". This move stars Tom Cruise as this sports agent that has everything, loses almost everything and ends up with the usual Hollywood bullshit happy ending. This was probably the last movie I enjoyed with Tom until he started jumping on couches and jamming scientology down everyone's throat. Renee Zellweger turned in a great performance with her natural beauty and good acting. Question: What happen to her lips after this movie? I could go on and on mentioning Cubing Gooding Jr, Kelly Preston, Jay Mohr, Jerry Connell and others....but if you want more go to IMDB or just rent the movie. This is definitely a "chick flick" but most men would enjoy it because it does revolve around sports. The acting and script are good and worth 2 hours of your time.

There was a part in the move that struck a cord, jolted a thought, and aroused a notion.

Jerry Maguire wanted more in life!!

How dare he..... He had money, an attractive sex machine women, a job that he was good at, power...and the list goes on and on. He was MOTIVATED to track down the greatest athletes and make them an icon in their respective sports. Jerry was motivated to be the best that he could be. For most of us in the world this would be a good place to end up in life. In the end this wasn't enough.....he wanted to be INSPIRED. He hated what he worked so hard to become. They used the word inspired 8 times during the course of the movie. What is inspired/inspiration.....the same as motivated....right? Since I'm a man of limited vocab I looked them up in the dictionary. The definitions are below.

Motivated - to provide with a motive or motives, incite, impel

Inspired - aroused, animated, or imbued with the spirit to do something, by or as if by supernatural or divine influence

I laid back in my leather recliner and thought and thought and re-read the definitions and tried to recall a moment that I was truly inspired. I just came up with moments that I was determined and motivated.

What inspires me?

For once in my life I couldn't figure it out. I know what motivates me.....but I found myself at a loss being inspired. In some ways I feel numb or slighted that some DIVINE inspiration hasn't come over me. I started this blog a week ago and wanted to wait to see if by chance I could FIND Inspiration. Maybe it's having faith in something greater than you.....or having a clear vision regarding life or a task at hand. The answer is probably right in front of my eyes, but for some reason I can't see it.

In the end there needs to be some type of empowering connection.

Is falling in love inspirational?

Witnessing history an inspirational act?

Reading a book or viewing art an inspirational act?

Having faith in a higher or greater being (God)?

All probably yes.....but the individual moment of understanding and clarity is the part I would most like to be part of.

In the end inspiration is something you can't buy or steal, but seems more like a surprise gift that comes when you least expect it

The Perfect Job for Me.............

I'm so happy to be back to blogging again....

Life gets busy and takes you away from the little joys in life.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD........my on going battle with the highways and byways of the Northeast......my mind starts to wonder and goes to the place know as........What if? or What would it be like if? Typical day dreaming for any traveling sales person.

Today happen to be one of those days that I do not wish to repeat. So, if I was single and didn't have a care in the world.....what would I do for a living.

1) Vidoe Game Tester - Come on!! I would be able to play some of the best video games in the world, maybe have imput to make them better......and get paid for it. I imagine a little travel to video game conferences in Vegas, New York and California would only be a bonus.

2) Sales Clerk at Victoria Secret - Be the source of advice for that woman looking to add that something special to her evening collection to feel sexy and make her man (or woman) desire her more. I imagine this roll would come with many benefits. My only wish would be to build the type of relationship where she could share, in detail, how her evening went.....strickly on a profesional and informational basis.

3) Move Critic - watching movies is kind of my thing. Now I get to see them before everyone else, for free, and get paid. It would be kind of cool to be a center of influence to consumers on wether or not they should see it in the theater or wait for the rental. If we could tie in meeting some actors, directors and producers.....this would be 2 thumbs up.

4) Professor at University/College - First off, I think teaching at the college level would be a lot of fun. Helping give your students the tools they need before entering the real work force would be challenging. Sales and Marketing would be the only topics I could add any value to students these days. I would do everything in my power to take the real world and bringing it into the classroom.

5) Women's USA Olympic Volleyball Coach. - I have a passion for the game of volleyball. So coaching tall beautiful women to play the game to perfection.....why not! It may sound shallow but this is all make believe.

6) Chef at my own Resturant - I could create a menu and enviorment that would allow people to take a break from reality and enjoy the company of others. I've been in the resturant business and I would love to do it my way. It would be cool to create something special which you could share with others.

OK Dream over........... Who am I kidding. I just need to win the lottery and I'm sure I could find away to try out each job....

Have a good night all.