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What Inspires You

Susan Quinn
@SusanQuinn
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Many of us approach the end of this year with mixed feelings. We might tend to see the negative, such as the persistence of the Ukraine/Russia war, the most recent deaths of law enforcement officers or members of our military, the slow recovery of our economy.

But I realized this morning that there are many activities and people who inspire me, and I want to spend the rest of this year and the coming year focusing on those:

  • The resilience of the Israeli hostages, who strive to find peace in their lives
  • Erica Kirk, who is determined to continue Charlie’s legacy
  • Senator John Kennedy, who is determined to fight “stupid” with clarity and humor
  • Ben Shapiro, who is adamant about holding the Right accountable for its anti-Semitic behavior
  • Johnny Joey Jones, who speaks proudly of his time as a Marine and fights for the military through his words and actions
  • Shannon Bream, Fox News, who exemplifies the goodness and strength of a person grounded in G-d
  • Dr. Bastiat, who fights the darkness and surrounds his ailing daughter with love and light
  • All the women who have lost husbands to violence, yet continue wholeheartedly to raise their children and fight for the good
  • The military and our first responders, who continually work to protect and defend us in the direst situations
  • The Jewish students on college campuses, who actively fight the dark forces of the pro-Palestinian protestors
  • My friend, who has learned how to be a widow with courage and resilience

I’m sure I could identify more inspirations, but I’d like to hear about yours.

What inspires you?

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Discussion (21)

  • Rodin@Rodin

    What a profound question. You have listed some actual people and some archetypes that inspire admiration and introspection about how you are living your life. But there is also another dimension in which someone can inspire your imagination and philosophic inquiry about that structures that underlie everything. And those two do intersect to the extent that people you admire are engaging in behaviors that bring your life into closer resonance with the underlying structure.

    I am drawn to your and other’s posts on Ricochet that have this characteristic — exploring the structure and becoming personally resonant.

  • GPentelie@GPentelie
    ReplyingtoSusan Quinn
    Susan Quinn (View Post):
    What inspires you?

    GPentelie (View Comment):

    That there are still songs to be sung, bells to be rung, and flings to be flung.

    Susan Quinn (View Comment):

    I think you were wingin’ it on that last one, G.

    No, ma'am. Behold the relevant portion from the delectable song "You Make Me Feel So Young" (bolding mine), ...

    "...

    You make me feel so young

    You make me feel there are songs to be sung,

    Bells to be rung,

    And a wonderful fling to be flung ..."

    Made famous by Frank Sinatra, of course, but I do enjoy listening to the cheery playfulness of the Sinatra/Aznavour duet version of it every now and then:

  • Susan Quinn@SusanQuinn
    ReplyingtoGPentelie
    Susan Quinn (View Post):

    What inspires you?

    GPentelie (View Comment):

    That there are still songs to be sung, bells to be rung, and flings to be flung.

    Susan Quinn (View Comment):

    I think you were wingin’ it on that last one, G.

    GPentelie (View Comment):

    No, ma’am. Behold the relevant portion from the delectable song “You Make Feel So Young” (bolding mine), …

    “…

    You make me feel so young

    You make me feel there are songs to be sung,

    Bells to be rung,

    And a wonderful fling to be flung …”

    Made famous by Frank Sinatra, of course, but I do enjoy listening to the cheery playfulness of the Sinatra/Aznavour duet version of it every now and then:

    That was fun! And I stand corrected.

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