The Sound of "Inspiration"

Lately my girls have been loving musicals and this makes me so very happy! I really love musicals even though I poked lots of fun at them growing up (I mean people spontaneously bursting into song and dance, how can you not make fun of that?). Even with the joking, I still loved watching them. When I was little I loved watching The King and I (I imagine I loved all the amazing dresses) and we would watch the Sound of Music what seemed to be every Sunday. I love Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins, Gene Kelly in Singing in the Rain, and Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz (but I do have to admit I didn't see the Wizard until I was an adult--gasp!).


So the other day we were listening to the Sound of Music soundtrack in the car and you know what? I actually started to listen to the words. There is a lot of inspirational and motivational words mixed into these sometimes silly musicals.


For instance there's the obvious ones, I Have Confidence In Me:

".....With each step I am more certain,

Everything will turn out fine.

I have confidence,

The world can all be mine!....

All I trust I leave my heart to,

All I trust becomes my own!

I have confidence in confidence alone...."

Or My Favorite Things:

"...When I'm feeling sad

I simply remember my favorite things

And then I don't feel so bad..."

Or Climb Every Mountain (I must admit this was not a favorite of mine growing up, but I love the sentiment now).

"...Follow every rainbow, 'til you find your dream!

A dream that will need

all the love you can give,

Every day of your life

for as long as you live...."

And then I started to tune in more to other songs and musicals and I heard:

"I does what I likes and I likes what I do" Bert from Mary Poppins

"In ev'ry job that must be done there is an element of fun." Mary Poppins

I could go on and on, but you get the idea. Inspiration is hiding everywhere. In what unexpected places have you found inspiration hiding?