Inspiration Comes From Everywhere

Lately, I've been feeling really inspired about life and about what I love to do. I was searching for some good quotes about design from my Motivation Monday project this week, and I stumbled onto the site QuotesonDesign.com.

I started copying those I liked onto an Evernote note...soon I realized I was copying almost every quote. I love things that speak to me. I love that there are people who have been through what I've been through and who have already explored the paths I want to soon know and love even more.

I'm lucky to be very passionate about what I do professionally. I love putting words onto paper and helping ideas materialize into stories, concepts, lessons. I love seeing simple boxes, words and pictures come together to create a magazine, newsletter, or brochure. I love the creative process. I hope every person can experience that sort of love and satisfaction in their career at some point.

Today, I'll share just a little portion of a speech from one of my favorite leaders of my church, Dieter F. Uchtdorf. This "talk" as we call them, is called "Happiness, Your Heritage." I've shared only a small portion of what I love, so please check out the rest yourself.

The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before. 

Creation brings deep satisfaction and fulfillment. We develop ourselves and others when we take unorganized matter into our hands and mold it into something of beauty.  

Our birthright—and the purpose of our great voyage on this earth—is to seek and experience eternal happiness.  

The more you trust and rely upon the Spirit, the greater your capacity to create. That is your opportunity in this life and your destiny in the life to come.