Action Quotes and Tips

Do You Act On Inspiration?

“Some things ... arrive on their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever.”
-- Gail Godwin

“The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps -- we must step up the stairs.”
-- Vance Havner

“God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest.”
-- Swedish Proverb

“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
-- Mark Twain

“Each indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over lost days... What you can do or think you can do, begin it. For boldness has magic, power, and genius in it.”
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it that makes a difference.” -- Nolan Bushnell

Have you had good ideas and insights and never acted upon them?

Our soul often sparks us with the right guidance, love and power to do something. In that moment of inspiration, it sure feels good, right and true. So often, though, that clarity and energy doesn’t last. We get distracted and forget. We put the idea aside ‘for now.’ We brush it off as unworkable. We don’t bridge our soul’s inspirational idea into tangible form.

If we don’t act on an insight, an opportunity is lost. The unique circumstances that gave rise to that opportunity will never come again.

When we get a sense of something calling us forward, we need to consciously commit to act. When do we do this? Right away! Take some step, any step to move an idea into form just as soon as you can. It may mean simply making a note to yourself on paper but this is a start. Putting it off until tomorrow, next week, after this project is completed … is letting it die.

Next time an intuitive message feels right, honour it and yourself. The more we act on the guidance that comes to us, the more guidance will come. Your soul is speaking to you for a reason. Trust the process and commit to both it and yourself.

“It is no good hearing an inner voice or getting an inner prompting if you do not immediately act on that inner prompting.” -- David Spangler

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