The Bible is filled with them. Not only is God s Word better than the thoughts and words of great thinking and creative genius, it transforms people! Why? Because they penetrate the heart! They don t merely appeal to your intellect, emotions or common sense, like ordinary words. The Word of God is Quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow (body), and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. I had recently been reading and studying up on manifesting your life, and creating the life you want by projecting a positive attitude, following your intuition. I had been real motivated and psyched with what I was learning. "Okay mom, I thought to myself," "now you can put all this philosophy to the test. Do you need to be inspired to aspire or do you need an aspiration to get inspired? The same holds true for the second question. Others may argue that in order to have a strong desire to achieve something, you must be inspired. On the other hand, some argue that for you to be inspired, you may need to aspire first. It takes ideas that you can use and act upon to give you what you really want. Rarely is it the information or ideas that you really want as it is almost always only the means to an end. What you truly want is results and this will only come from using what you know. Don't get caught in the flood of information and knowledge. Word Count: 735 Summary: This is a question that most people grapple with from time to time and it has largely been on my mind this past week. You see one of the best people I know -- my Uncle Carl -- had a very bad accident this week. While working on the wood lot with his son, his hand got caught in a log splitter. Living day in and day out, watching every thought and knowing that you have left spirit when you have a thought that does not include everyone - when you become ego centered (Edging-God-Out} Being inspired is about changing awareness of yourself as being limited, having no luck, things never working out, etc.