Can Inspiration Last?

Try A Dose of Aspiration for the Long Haul

Sheila Lewis-creatingwritenow

Jan 05, 2026

New Year’s Inspirations and Resolutions can jump-start 2026, but will they last? In my experience, not so much. We may love the dazzle of a new idea, a bold beginning, but grow bored or tire of the tedious work it takes to sustain that idea to completion. We second-guess its worth and lose momentum.

I couldn’t help thinking about this when it snowed and briefly covered our gray New York City streets with a gloss of pristine white. This lasted a day. I made a mental list of what sustains me, and wrote it down. Are you a beginner, a closer, or a bit of each?

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It became clear as I watched the snow melt that sustaining a blip of an idea is like trying to keep a snowflake from melting. I spent the New Year’s week writing to-do lists and scheduling deadlines, while decluttering and dumping boxes of old papers. In short, a favorite procrastination technique that allows me to say “I’m writing in my head while getting rid of all this stuff.” No, inspiration did not come to the rescue.

Rather, something else did. The words “Everything Aspires” flew off the page of Daniel Matt’s excellent book, The Essential Kabbalah. “Everything constantly flows, vibrates, and aspires…Everything teams with richness, everything aspires to ascend and be purified. Everything sings, celebrates, serves, develops, evolves, uplifts, aspires to be arranged in oneness.”

This excerpt reminded me that it’s what we do with inspiration, how we make it last through countless moments of living on the mundane earth plane, not in the clouds above, where one drop of moisture dissolves into nothingness.

Ideas come and go, as does the snow.

For more on the sustaining power of Aspiration (Oneness and more), join our special contemplative meditation classes and workshops in January 2026 through March. Contact me by email at Creatingwritenow@gmail.com. Too much to handle registration on Substack, but I aspire to get there by April. Thanks for your interest.