There are so many amazing things in this world for us to experience and learn to love, so many things that can inspire us to do these things more, or to change a way that we live.
There are two huge influences in my life at the minute, two things that really inspire me. They are books, and music.
Books are inspiring to me because, not only do they supply enjoyment for a long period of time, they can also manipulate the way that you think about life. When you really get into a book and you feel the dread if something goes wrong or you get the butterflies when that one character falls in love and they finally realise it. There have been a lot of influential writers out there, and one of my personal favourite writers is JK Rowling. The way that she writes is fun, straightforward and easy to follow the story. The writing is descriptive so that you can imagine all the characters in front of you and you can picture yourself wondering around Hogwarts Castle. I'm talking about the Harry Potter series if you didn't guess. I love the way that it feels to read them, when I literally can hear myself answering the characters back, like "Ron, don't you dare do that, get back here" and "wrong spell, silly!". (Yes, I'm that sort of person - I'm not even sorry). Other writers who have spoken to me are some that I have just happened to find on Amazon by chance, such as Alora Dillon (Melody's Heart / Melody's Crush) and Jojo Moyes (Me Before You - it was recommended by a friend) and also Rachel Schurig (Any of the books - I read loads of them and loved all the ones I read). And those are only a few that I love, there are so many other writers who I adore and think they are amazing.
The music is very inspirational because it influences the way that I feel when I am writing and how I am feeling at the time. The music I listen to can make me happy one moment and make me want to cry the next. It can cheer me up in the darkest of times and make my heart sing. They make me feel as if I am invincible, like nothing can hurt me (If you know what I mean). My favourite band is Fall Out Boy - they make me happy. They also seem to be one of the few bands where I have just gone and bought like, all of their albums because I like all of their songs. One of their songs 'I Don't Care' really helps me out if I'm feeling rough, and they make me feel better about the person that I am. When I listen to that song, I hear 'You can say what you want about me, I don't care what your opinion is of me, because it should only be my opinion of myself that matters' and that makes me happy, because that is exactly how I want to feel. Other bands, such as Keane and All Time Low, the Script and Panic! At The Disco inspire me with their words and the way they sing them. All of their songs are performed with passion and make me feel great when I listen to them. I also like, on occasion, piano music. I don't personally care so much for classical music, but I do enjoy listening to piano music. I love the Clair De Lune by Debussy, and I like a lot of songs by Sean Beeson, too.
What I have mentioned above barely covers what inspires me because there is so much that does inspire me, but of course these are some of my favourites. The more inspired I get, the more of the world I am able to find as beautiful as people make it out to be, and I feel like it's pretty beautiful. Especially sitting on my bed right now, listening to Fall Out Boy, looking at the clouds in the bright blue sky and being able to share my feelings the way I do best.
Despite not feeling great (I've been in great pain in my neck and shoulder you see) I feel pretty happy right now.
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