Ever wondered how and where I get my ideas for these weekly blogs?
Answer: They just come to me.
That might be oversimplifying things a bit, but on the whole, that is precisely how it happens. Once or twice a week (on average) a bolt of metaphysical lightning strikes my brain—and simultaneously my heart as well—and somehow I just know that the subject idea that comes would make a good blog article (or not).
A very similar thing occurs in my work as a teacher and poet. As countless artists and musicians will attest, one's artistic "Muse" is a very real phenomenon. Back in 2012, I published an entire book of original poetry, and strange as it may seem to the uninitiated, nearly all of my best stuff
just came to me.
That doesn't mean I don't have to do any work. It just means my work is greatly assisted and expedited—and the final product is infinitely better than it otherwise would have been—because of my Muse's timely aid and inspiration.
In other words, no artist paints, sings, writes, or otherwise performs alone. And no teacher teaches alone. Thus, once I have a main idea, topic, or title in mind, I am usually "good-to-go." Why? Because I have done enough reading, pondering, study, travel, and living to have dug a very deep well of knowledge, information, and insights that I can endlessly draw from to fill-in-the-blanks.
When I began writing weekly blog articles last year, I worried a little bit that I might run out of ideas after a while, especially considering I have committed to this weekly exercise until I retire in the early 2040s.
But seeing as though...
1). I've already published 211 articles since 2014 (including 37-in-a-row since last September).
2). I currently have a list of 25 new blog article ideas (over six-months worth), all of which just came to me. In other words, I never actually sat down and consciously compiled a list of ideas to write about because I already had a surplus of ideas that my Muse delivered up free gratis. And lastly...
3). My Muse keeps sending me new ideas all the time.
Suffice it to say, I don't really worry anymore about running out of ideas.
For whatever reasons, my Creator blessed me with a rich portion of the "Gift of Gab," and my education and life's experiences have further expanded and enriched that generous endowment. Thus, for better or for worse—and YOU can judge whether it is the former or the latter—I simply don't ever run out of things to say or write.
Furthermore, like any great subject, Self-Action Leadership is an inexhaustible resource, which is one of the many reasons I am so passionate about it and all of its related issues and topics. There is simply no end to the discussion when you are addressing issues of personal growth, improvement, and change.
So what exactly is the source behind one's artistic, creative, pedagogical, or other inspirational "Muse"?
Scientifically speaking, we don't exactly know the answer to that question. Depending on one's personal and/or religious beliefs, an individual may attribute the genesis for such inspiration to a variety of different metaphysical, spiritual, or ontological means or sources. But regardless of the whats or wheres, there aren't many people who would deny experiencing metaphysical communication, intuition, or insights of various forms throughout their life's many experiences.
And THAT is the magic of my—and your—own, personal MUSE!
In other words, no matter how scientifically inexplicable such experiences may be, anyone who has experienced metaphysical communication or insight in one form or another cannot in good conscience deny its existence, nor can they doubt its authenticity or legitimacy.
It is a very real phenomenon.
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| Which "Inner Voice" do you listen to? |
At
Freedom Focused, we encourage self-action leaders to pay attention to this still, small, and often quiet—yet very real—metaphysical voice of insight and conscience that speaks to us from within. In our experience, doing so will lead you in the direction of growth, maturation, progress, confidence, and success in your personal and professional lives. Moreover, we have found further that the more we listen to and hearken to this voice, the more it will speak to us and guide us in the direction of our authentic callings and true purposes in life.
It is important to note that listening to and hearkening to this inner voice is not always easy.
Why?
Because its promptings typically urge us to act in ways that engender varying degrees of fear, pain, and confrontation. For example, the voice may urge you to face a fear, take a frightening leap of faith, exercise self-discipline, demonstrate humility and contrition, battle an addiction, limit your time (or cut ties altogether) with a negative friend or associate, initiate a difficult discussion with a colleague or loved one, apologize to someone you have hurt, or engage in any number of other thoughts, speech, and behaviors that, while clearly beneficial to you (and others) in the long run, will almost certainly be challenging for you in the short run.
It's not easy to take those kinds of steps in one's life. As such, most people avoid such steps most of the time—and some people avoid such steps all the time, unless there is intense external pressure to act.
It takes a courageous self-action leader to take initiative all on one's own and thereby exercise the personal responsibility and proactivity required to move in the direction of positive growth, improvement, and change. But, since that is what self-action leadership is all about in the end, it makes sense that we would encourage you to pay attention to and heed your own inner voice of conscience and intuition.
This inner voice will serve as a positive and productive metaphysical guide in all kinds of decisions—both the saliently significant and the seemingly inconsequential—that you will face throughout your life and career.
So... the next time "Jiminy Cricket" pops out of your pocket or leaps atop your shoulder to give you some advice, we invite and encourage you to pay the little critter a littler more attention than perhaps you have in the past. I promise you the result of doing so will be positive in the long-run, even it if might be a little challenging in the short run.
-Dr. JJ
May 12, 2021
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA
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