Inspiration [is starting to, possibly] Hit Me.

    So, you know those moments when something happens to you, and the phrase "inspiration struck" is the most acceptable phrase you can possibly think of to describe what just happened?  I had a couple of those moments today.  I'm STILL exhilarated to the point where if I drank any Starbucks tonight, it might kill me via an adrenaline overdose.  Let's begin!
     If Chasity Kuttrus could read my blog right now, I would tell her that she is such an inspiration to me.  She talked to our class tonight about Executive Coaching (I'm not sure if this needs to be capitalized, but it seems important enough to be), and she absolutely stunned me.  She discussed topics such as the advantages of having women in top positions in business, things we need to do in order to be successful and taken seriously (aggressive, not abrasive), and she was just fantastic all around.  That might sound really vague, but those of you reading this... well.. you're in this class with me, so you experienced this all yourself!  I don't know how anybody else felt about Chasity's presentation, but I was really appreciative, and extremely impacted.  Granted, unlike her, I am an English Creative Writing major - totally different from a business major - but everything that she does, and everything that she reflects and stands for is so fascinating and respected by me.  She is exactly the type of person I would want to emulate; someone who knows who they are, what they stand for, and what they are going to do to keep climbing up that ladder to superior success.  She really expressed herself as a leader, and I loved listening to her.
     On a more personal note, I want to touch on the feeling I got from my fellow women leaders tonight.  I talked to Maddy (hope I spelled that right), and told her how fantastic it feels to be in a room with young women who are goal oriented and motivated like I am.  It is refreshing to look around and see the faces of the girls who will be conquering the world after graduation; girls who have high aspirations for themselves the same way I have high standards for myself.  In my high school, it was so difficult to find people who shared my mindset, even in the slightest way.  In this class, I feel that I can relate to everyone somehow, and everyone can relate to me.  And I absolutely love that.
     If I could, I'd like to make a reference to something that doesn't really have anything to do with our Women in Leadership class.  And the only real reason I feel that this topic should be in this post, is because it is yet another thing that inspired me today.  I went to the first meeting of Sigma Tau Delta - the English Honor Society.  First off, I'm so excited to be involved with the society.  I hope I get the honor of being inducted in the spring.  Secondly, one of my classmates, Jaqlyn (still not sure about spelling, I feel so horrible...) was chatting with me and my friends about how our classes were going as Freshmen and everything.  She is a junior, I believe, and she is a Gender and Literature major (Women's Studies).  She asked me if I'd considered taking on the Women's Studies major, or even the minor.  I said I hadn't given that much thought about it right now, but I loved my Women in Leadership class.  She went on to tell me, that from what she can see in me both personally, and on the basis of my writing and discussion in the essay writing class we had together, she thinks the Women's Studies would definitely be something I should look into, because it is something I could really be passionate about, and really good at.  And the more I've thought about it today, the more I really appreciate what she said.  This is an entirely new avenue for me, the Women's Studies option... but I'm kind of drawn to it.  I mean... all I can say is that we'll see what happens... with everything.  Women in Leadership, and everything else I get involved in... all I can do is wait and see what happens.