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Inspired to Inspire

Feeling refreshed after an almost 3 hours of morning run. I'm patting myself for a run well ran. Covered the Kallang Park & Bishan Park Connectors where I had to conquer 3 overhead bridges! Good training for the Sundown Marathon next week. Last minute though.

Had a sudden urge to check out Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes and I love a few I found. I like that as I ponder on what I read, I could see its relevance in my life & beliefs. I like that I can stimulate & inspire myself. I like that as I get inspired, I get to inspire others as well. I hope.

1) What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pale in comparison to what lies inside of you.
Character beats everything else. What am I made of? What are you made of? It has always been my belief that inside everyone of us, there is a lion awaiting to roar. No matter how great the circumstances may be around us, we can surmount them!


2) “Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.”
I kind of experienced abit of this during the camp last week. I had my stand but I wavered, fearful of the consequences of saying or doing what I felt was possibly right. I remember my facilitator telling me this; " I wish you had the courage to say it...".


3) “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
Beautifully expressed. Life is more than just me, myself and mine. I want this to be said of me during my funeral; that I have lived and lived well because I have made a difference to someone, somewhere.

4) "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

The first Singaporean women team to scale and conquer Mount Everest. Many have gone before them but they were men. They have made a statement for all women out there! I am so proud of them and I dream of the day I can do what they do. They definitely have been trailblazers for us char bohs!

Have I inspired to inspire?

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