Why Inspiration Is Important

Inspiration is defined as “to make (someone) want to do something : to give (someone) an idea about what to do or create”. According to Merriam-Webster, all that it takes to inspire someone is to make that particular individual feel a type of way that leaves them feeling as though there is a course of action they should take. Whether your inspiration leaves individuals bursting with the newfound need to express their feelings to the ones they love, or simply spend two years in the middle of the woods in wish to find deliberation in their lives, the ability to inspire is an aspect many fail to see the importance of. The thing about life is that once we begin, there is not stopping until we decide to stop for good. Life doesn’t come with …show more content…
In today’s society, unfortunately, we are seeing less and less of people who are willing to put their own lives on hold so that they can help others succeed. This is due to the fact that many individuals are unaware of the fact that by helping others, by inspiring, you are fulfilling more of a life than being self centered ever will. With this being said, it is important that we give credit where credit is due. While there has been thousands of human beings that have walked this earth and been an inspiration, one of the more profound inspirations was Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau was a mastermind that had many ideas that went far beyond the comprehension of many, but those that could understand the man were far from content. Even today, Thoreau’s work of Civil Disobedience leaves people, including myself, inspired in many different ways that can all be narrowed down to one line: An inspiration to be more than just dumb driven …show more content…
Within the lines of Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau inspires multitudes with his weapon of mass destruction: his pen. Readers are left feeling as if they should open their eyes more and thus take action. Today, society has taken a turn for less than what was expected as our forefathers wove their souls into the pieces of paper that bind our nation together. Through his excellent choice of imagery, rhetorical questions, and food-for-thought moments, a new generation of the inspired has been born. When it all comes down to it, what is there in life but to learn, do, and move forward? In Henry David Thoreau’s opinion, the government requires more attention with this frame of mind than any other. To finish these thoughts, let’s begin the opening of our eyes through Thoreau’s excerpt of Civil Disobedience. “In other words, when a sixth of the population of a nation which has undertaken to be the refuge of liberty are slaves, and a whole country is unjustly overrun and conquered by a foreign army, and subjected to military law, I think that it is not too soon for honest men to rebel and revolutionize. What makes this duty the more urgent is the fact that the country so overrun is not our own, but ours is the invading