This weeks #inspiredweekly came late also... but it gave me time to think it through. This week, I've been inspired by the youtube channel @soulpancake n_n. Seriously, I stumbled upon this video and was blown away. Who knew people could be the happiest by being thankful. No wonder God calls us to be thankful in our hardships, or to pray to him with praise & thanksgiving. He wants us to have our heart be full of joy no matter what happens. After first seeing this, I wished they were joking. It's hard to be thankful when you have so many problems. For me, I have issues at work, maintaining a solid relationship with my family, trying to keep up with friends (or at least trying to understand half the stuff some of them do), keeping things together with roommates, money in general, doing music, school, and other relationships that cause massive amounts of stress. It is so hard to be optimistic. Still, I tried out the challenge the video gave. I went to work, and I expressed my gratitude to God right before I worked... and the results were amazing. They say that a prideful soul isn't amazed at anything, so I definitely felt humble after that. Not only that, but it sparked this fire in me to keep doing it. I just couldn't stop shooting compliments at people to give them the joy I felt. Seriously, ask @sheis_love about our date yesterday. She gave me a "megaphone" and almost every idle person got something from me. Whether it was "Have an awesome day", "You're awesome", or "I like your _____". Soulpancake's whole channel sparked me to do something other than walk around with my headphones on. Me & my pink megaphone are going on compliment-drive-by's from now on. In short, SoulPancake is why I'm inspired. =)