"You are so inspiring..."
How many grams of inspiration can I serve you? It is 500 Euro per bag.
Inspiration is not a “nice extra”. Inspiration is the fuel that moves us to take that first step. No inspiration equals we are dead. Freaking zombies trying to chase some illusionary status. You must be kidding me.
I get two to three messages per week telling me how great it is what I do and how inspirational I am. Then take that all in and make something yourself too. Make me feel proud. I do not want to be your inspiration. I want to be the leader, the one who calls you to action!
One way to get inspired is by getting out of your “normal”. That means spending time with people who are and think different, listening to what they did so that you get the energy to do something yourself as well. One day you will be the one telling a story about it and inspiring others. This is how it works.
The most important is: do not even dare to stand still in fear of the “what ifs”.
DO IT.
Be scared and do it.
For God's sake!
This world is going to shit, and I do not mean to make any mention to the wars or climate change or any other horror stories you might have watched in the news yesterday. I mean this is about us, about the most basic thing: Human connection. You and me, seeing each other, sharing moments, being in the same room lifting each other up, caring for each other. And I do not need to be your friend or know you well in order to tell you the right words today that will change your day and will make it a beautiful one when you need it the most. If you think you need to deal with your own shit alone, go for it, scroll some more. That is gonna eat you up and make you ill. But who I am to tell you all this.
I have met many people who only talk and talk and talk more and it feels like I am scrolling instagram and I am feeling like this person is there in front of me repeating what they just watched in the last reel. WTF Are we all turning into robots? It hurts. It gives me pain in my chest.
You believe you are gathering inspiration until you get stuck wasting your time saving posts for later and opening more tabs until you freeze, your brain gets foggy and your anxiety increases. Oh madre mia! You are losing yourself. Be you, do you. Have you forgotten who you are? It seems like you are only watching trends and chasing status. “I am not in social media” - you say. But I see you are the first one watching when I share something new. You do not lie to me, you lie to yourself.
The time has come for me to fight this. First I pulled away and retreated in my atelier space where I can just be myself and reflect and breath and write and paint and sip my coffee. I hoped to find peace alone but now I can’t handle it anymore. Something awaken inside of me and now I need to stand up and fight the fight. It is time for action.
Perhaps I am an endless romantic but how beautiful it is when we can just sit and enjoy a book, listen to some music and chill together in a shared space? A space that is just per se the inspiration because it speaks out loud. A place where we can just be, breath together the same air and relax the fuck our nervous system.
Doing doing doing. I am not going to do anything just because “I have” to do it. Who says I have to do what? what for? This level of insanity has to be restored. Come closer to me, let me give you a hug.
I have been connecting people, hosting and gathering since I can’t even remember. It is my best skill and I know well how rewarding it is to see people feeling connected, feeling seen and being part of something, belonging. I am driven by curiosity and get where others can hardly get, sneaking always my way in to find out what others probably don’t care much about. I find the spark in those who think they lost it and give them stage. I love helping others shine. This is the one skill that could have made me a millionaire by now but you guys were busy DOING other things and so on and so forth, why to take time to spark a little?
If after reading this, you still want to buy some inspiration, I sell the best one in town. It is 500 Euro per bag and that should last for at least a month or month and a half. Good stuff.
I am not kidding.
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