Finding inspiration can be fun and exciting—sustaining
motivation from that inspiration is when it becomes tricky.
The first time I saw the movie The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,
I was immediately touched by the sheer determination of Jean-Dominque Bauby. The
movie chronicled this man going through an awful health crisis (a stroke that
leads to locked-in syndrome) and horrendous physical therapy challenges. He was trained on a way to communicate by way of blinking his
left eye. Through this new method, he was
able to write his memoir by painstakingly spelling out the words one letter at
a time.
This fact has always fascinated me and I have used it as one
of my motivators. Sometimes I find myself
not being as productive as I should be during my writing time. I let distractions have their hold on me. I then think of the
image of Monsieur Bauby lying in the
hospital bed blinking furiously to create his work. Here I am with all of my faculties, which I
should be putting to good use. Like my husband says, the mayor of Candy Crush Saga will live another day without me playing the game!
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