Finding Inspiration In Dark Places
You walk into your home at the end of a rough day and your teen is blaring an artist you just saw on the cover of a popular teen music magazine and looked less than presentable as far as you are concerned. You have had a rough day, this is the last thing you are wanting to immerse yourself into and then you hear it over the very loud base that seems to add an extra heart beat to your already increasing one, “Baby, “I’m from New York, Concrete jungle where dreams are made of, There’s nothing you can’t do, Now you’re in New York.” Only when your teen sings it, they put their hometown in place of New York.
Inspiration can come from anywhere. When you hear your teen belting out those lyrics like Frank Sinatra singing his own homage to New York back in the day, it occurs to you that your teen feels a sense of possibility with these lyrics and despite the base bouncing you through your house, the thought that your teen could be inspired in a way that you have struggled to ignite brings a smile to your face.
So you do an internet search for the rest of the lyrics. The next time your teen is feeling down about a grade, missed goal or basket or a girl that was not willing to return your teen’s kindness you reply, “Hey, you’re from New York, There’s nothing you can’t do!”
What could have been a disaster of you yelling, “Turn that music down!” instead turned into an opportunity to provide your teen with focus and inspiration to dust themselves of f and give it another try. Inspiration comes from everywhere. You just have to be willing to seize the opportunity, even if it seems to come from a dark place.
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