Motivation from Inspiration

 

 

Inspiration from IronMind's man of pen and stone, Steve "Inver Stone" Jeck. Co-author of Stones and Strength and The Stone Lifter

Inspiration from IronMind's man of pen and stone, Steve "Inver Stone" Jeck

Co-author Of Stones and Strength and The Stone Lifter

Motivation from Inspiration

“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.”—Henry Ford 


Feeling a lack of motivation to hit the iron?  Perhaps a short Latin lesson is in order.  Motivation comes from the Latin word for "movement."  Inspiration comes from the Latin word for "breathing."  I don't know about you, but I don't do much moving without breathing.  Your problem is not a lack of motivation, but a lack of inspiration!  Get to the library.  Grab a classic or two and remember the words of Uncle Herman, "All deep earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, whilst the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore" (Melville's Moby Dick).

 

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Editor's Note: Steve Jeck’s books, Of Stones and Strength and The Stone Lifter; and videos, Kviahellan DVD, Jeck on Stonelifting video, and Classic Jeck: The First Works CD, define the world of stonelifting.


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