Inspire!

A Happy Summer Day to you all!

   With the hot weather now upon us, I find that I sort of get what I call melted brain.. I sort of get an idea about a new project..the rest melts away. The days are hot and the night's are almost too warm to sleep.
Days are sort of a kind of tossing and turning only I'm up moving around. Taking this thought and frustration over "melted brain"...
the other evening I attended my oldest grand son's high school graduation. 

  It was rather an interesting affair. If you've been to one graduation it seems like you know what to expect. I should never have thought that this would be true for this specific graduation. First, the high school he attends is a charter school in the district and had it also accreditation. Its sandwiched between the city high school and a state university.  He attended this unusual school called , Inspire. Great name for a school that was concentrating on the arts and sciences that are vanishing in schools in this country. My grand son loves music and especially loves the school sound room. Its state of the art and the kids in this particular area are delighted to be able to experiment and try some of their budding ideas in a state of the art lab. 

  A few days ago before the graduation ceremony, the high school students from the city high school vandalized an enormous mural that was painted on one of the walls of Inspire high school. The mural was designed by a reputable artist and the kids in Inspire painted this mural under the instruction of the artist/and instructor. It was beautifully done. The vandalizing of this painting was saddening. Inspire high students went back to the school on the weekend and repainted the entire mural once more. They said, "we do not want everything to end like this but give hope and beauty to the new students coming in and returning". 

  Then came the graduation ceremony. It was held in one of the college's auditorium's and in itself gave a nod toward the endeavors of these young students. It was old and quaint and gave a feeling of approval from the past. The students chose special music in which they danced, ran, or playfully acted coming into the auditorium while spots of colored lights moved around the room/and stage. It was fun and light. They had the usual speakers come up. But then they showed a video created by the students, a quartet sang beautifully, they gave honor to a specific instructor and their faculty advisories. One of the faculty advisors who spoke gave me a spark of an idea..She spoke about the name of the school, Inspire. Most people typically use the dictionary meaning. ..She said, "looking up this word she realized that the usual meanings that most think of when they think of the word, Inspire is; to affect, guide, or arouse by divine influence. To stimulate into action; motivate, and to stimulate energies, ideals. The advisor went on to say that what the students did in Inspire was another meaning to this word that most do not think of when they use this word. This meaning is to breathe life into. They are an inspiration to other students, to faculty, and to everyone who reads this.

Spark!

  This was all I needed to realize that I could be the breathe in an old pattern I'm using. It becomes our own when we change it. We change it by using the talents that He has blessed us with. He gave them for His purposes.What we doe with what He gives us is important. He meant for us to use them in life. He then guides us to use them as He wishes. Granted, some probably use them for reasons and ways in which He did not want but He uses that too. 

  If nothing else I hope the story of these students helps inspire you all. Get out that yarn, the tools you use, an old pattern to start with and see what you can create. What we create goes to those who need His outstretched hands. Have fun with this, He wants you to enjoy this blessing. And then share it with others.

warm hugs,
Leslee