Question of the Month

Twyla Tharp's, The Creative Habit, is my #1 go-to book when I'm in need of some inspiration.  She is a creative genius and each time I read her book I take away something new.  

I'm continuing my monthly segment where I have YOU answer a specific question for me.  I loved the feedback this month on what book/movie inspires you, and here are some of your answers.

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1.  I would be embarrassed to let you see my copy of Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven.  Tear stained, coffee stained, notes scribbled in the margins.  I have read it a million times and each time I cry at the same places & underline the same quotes.  Mitch Albom has a way with words that leaves me in awe.  An example, "... all endings are also beginnings.  We just don't know it at the time."  Sit on that one for a minute.  Wow!  He writes that he wrote this book so that "people who felt unimportant here on earth--realize, finally, how much they mattered and how they were loved."  It is a story of inspiration, hope, love, tragedy.  It is simply amazing. 

~Hailey from Be Serious

2.  We Are Marshall. This movie gives me chills every time I watch it. It's just so amazing how they rebuilt the program from literally nothing after such a tragedy. We're huge ECU football fans, always have been, and my senior year of HS my dad and brother and I drove up to Huntington, WV to watch ECU play Marshall. It is still one of my favorite trips to date. We went to the crash site as well, and it'll take your breath away. It's all grown over and if there wasn't a sign to tell you what it was, you'd never know. But there was a stillness there...it made an impact, for sure. Reminds you to never take life for granted! 

~Haley from I Can Only Imagine

3.  A book that always inspires me is The Great Gatsby. It has a great lesson about not changing yourself for others. The main character, Jay Gatsby, creates a whole new personality and lifestyle just to impress a former girlfriend, and it ends up being a huge mistake. 

~Robin from Our Carolina Days

4.  The movie that inspires me is The Blind Side... I love that it is based on a true story. It just makes me what to be a better person and help people in any way I can. I want to be just like Sandra Bullock's character {Leigh Ann Tuhoy}- she's sassy and SO kindhearted, and will not let anything stop her from taking care of her family.  

~Lori Williams from A Crazy Walk on the Safe Side

5.  How to Win Friends and Influence People.  This book helps anyone who reads it. You can use it for business, society, family, or friends. if you follow what it teaches, it will change you. There's not much literature out there that isn't religious that has that effect, but this one nails it.  

~Jake Edwards from Insurance Agent's Wife

Great books and movies, right?  What would you add to this list?

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