#inspiration

#inspiration

I've watched the 6-1 game [against PSG] many times, I saw it live. Neymar has been a huge part of my childhood, he's my idol and I'll always be grateful for what he's given to football. He inspires us all. You pay for a ticket to see him and two or three days after the match you'd watch it again just to see his plays. I want to thank him for everything he's given to football and I hope he can be at the World Cup.

Most of the time, you're really quickly thrust into physical rehearsals, but this time around we started this process around seven months ago. So it's been a long journey. It will be very special.

"It felt jarring and lonely, not exactly the comfort I was hoping for, but one afternoon I made a little voice memo while playing a piano mumbling the phrase....I wanna build a dream for you. That's when this whole thing kind of started. Like a little spark."

It's just been so fun to rep the flag of south London, of Croydon. Community is important, sometimes it does lack, especially in big cities, so it's been really nice now to bring community together.

Valerie showed incredible courage and compassion in the face of her illness, never once complaining. She was a true inspiration who lived life to the fullest.

There are two ways of looking at this. Either you could say Ger Copeland is lucky, that he has no divine right to be alive, and focus on how he's defied outrageous odds not just to live, but to live the way he does - winning marathons and scaling unfathomable heights for a man in his condition. You could look at the 10 per cent chance of survival he once had and think how fortunate he is to still be around.

At the core of the rebrand lies the idea Ignite your spark.

This Earth911 inspiration comes from American environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill: "I wake up in the morning asking myself what can I do today, how can I help the world today." Earth911 inspirations. Post them, share your desire to help people think of the planet first, every day. Click the poster to get a larger image. Editor's Note: This poster was originally published on August 28, 2020.

"When I was living in London, [I] must have been about 19, 20-ish, I would go around with a notebook and write bits of advice that I heard, or some random musings from the local drunk, or anything that I would come across,"

"I saw her and honestly I don't know if she's up there," Gauff said. "But she helped me pull it out. I was just thinking if she can go on a six-inch beam and do that with all the pressures in the world then I can hit the ball ... It brought me a little bit of calm."

"The summer rain in Mexico City has been driving Meme del Real crazy. "This season of permanent torrential downpour gets to a point where you're like, ' Enough,' he says with a sigh. "There's people who really enjoy it, but I'm done. It's too much introspection to be in here all day, to not be able to go outside. It forces you to try other things, to find a conversation within that rather than a resistance."

Joyce Manor's new song "All My Friends Are So Depressed" features a more somber vibe, with meditative arrangements and frontman Barry Johnson channeling Morrissey's style.

"Having a job everyone thinks sounds cool [then] feeling like you can't reach any goals day-to-day is not easy. You feel like a lie."

There's something about the rhythm of cycling that opens up my brain. Maybe it's the repetition, the solitude, or the fact that my hands aren't reaching for a phone every 30 seconds.

Jamie Cashion faced an unimaginable challenge when a grass fire engulfed him at age sixteen, resulting in severe third-degree burns covering 36 percent of his body.

Iwobi mentioned, "I'm not sure yet. I'm just not sure yet,' Iwobi says. But maybe in the near future I might start. I've done one live performance which felt a bit weird."

Rochon claimed the 2025 U18 Fischer Outdoor Junior National Championship in girls' singles at the end of July. She trains six days a week, committing a lot of time to tennis and fitness.

August Afloat is a bright and breezy wallpaper featuring a wooden boat drifting across wavy blue waters dotted with lily pads, capturing the stillness of late August days.

"I made the decision when I was diagnosed in 2022 with Hodgkin lymphoma that I wasn't going to let that define my life and dictate how I was going to go about my life."

The Great Debaters follows the struggles of Wiley College's debate team in 1935 Texas. Under the leadership of coach Melvin B. Tolson, the debate team sets out to challenge the status quo and earn a place as one of the best in the country.

Suleika Jaouad has been journaling since childhood, using it to navigate her battle with leukemia and the pandemic, until she sought inspiration in other writers' works.

Audrey Ingram describes her transition from a law career to writing as a significant and fulfilling shift, driven by personal aspirations and the influence of motherhood.

Sister Pat Farrell, at age 72, showcased her strength and faith by competing in her first powerlifting contest, earning a medal for her impressive lifts.

Max Miller does not conform to typical best practices for YouTube content creation. "I break all of the rules. And not on purpose; it's just that I didn't know the rules," he says, attributing his success to creating content that genuinely interests him and resonates with others. Miller emphasizes the importance of personal interest in content creation, stating, "If I'm making content that I want to watch, and that I'm interested in, there are bound to be other people who are interested in it." He suggests that even in less appealing industries, finding an engaging angle can attract an audience.

Without these people, without supporters, I would be nothing. Chef Bruja published her first cookbook, titled Tales Of The Bronx, which records the cultural melting pot of New York City by highlighting the blend of the Bronx and the Caribbean in food.

Gabrielle Adam finds inspiration in anything cheesy, kitsch, or fun, incorporating big type, vibrant colors, and a silly tone to evoke strong emotions.

Musicians can be inspired by great artists, living and dead; by technologies that expand their experience, like artist Brian House's macrophones that capture low-frequency infrasound; by plants and animals; and by the unseen, unheard presence of the supernatural.

Over the years, a myriad of children wrote to Jim Abbott, expressing a connection through their shared experiences of physical disabilities, sharing their dreams and struggles.

The Good Ship Illustration is a friendly and insightful podcast hosted by three ladies with many years of combined experience as designers, illustrators, and educators.

"I was so happy to win, but at the same time it was shocking to find out I was the first South Asian woman to win at a national pageant," Sangeetha explained.

Even if I only inspired one person that night, that is enough for me.

Anna's graphic novel was inspired by the 1921 ban on women playing football, reflected in her study of team photos showcasing the players' keen faces and muddy knees.

I looked up to him as a left-handed pitcher my whole life. Going back in my camera roll, I have a picture from 2016 of us side by side when I was in high school.