WHERE DID THAT IDEA COME FROM? By Pennie Hunt

Years ago, when I began my work of speaking and writing, I had one mission – To Help Others. 
​Those three words have remained my mission all these years. No matter where I am speaking or who I am interacting with, the number one question I am asked is, “Where do you get your ideas to speak and write about?” 
​I thought I would share my answer.

Most of my topics come from my real life. If I segment my life, I feel like I have lived many lives in this one. I pull on memories of my childhood. It might be my favorite experiences and memorable relatives, or embarrassing moments. When I write about them, the visual comes back to me as clearly as when it was happening.

Moments of motherhood when my children were small tickles my heart in wonderful ways. The emotion of writing about these days is always a warm moment for me.

And now, every time I am with one of my grandchildren I am enlightened by their intelligence and the fresh way they see life. I always have energetic conversations with them that often result in a column or a story in a speech.

Then there are the comments I hear in passing. It may be a phrase I hear someone say as they pass me in an airport. It may be a line in a movie that touches my heart. It may be a remark on a podcast that lodges in my mind that I can’t seem to shake off. Once I massage these snippets of words in my mind, they fall onto the paper in ways that may be very different than the original thought I heard – but they land in a story that relates to life in the way I see it.

And then there is the self-help aspect. I wrote my first book on gratitude and joy because gratitude saved my life after my son passed. I don’t say that lightly, but with total conviction and belief. The tips to incorporate gratitude into life were tips I taught myself to do to remain vertical during a devastating time.

Many times, I see flaws in myself that I need to work on, so I write about them. It becomes a therapeutic process for me and others relate to the same issues I am dealing with.

Sometimes it is a question that spurs my writing. A question that makes me dig deep to drag the answer from inside and lay it onto the page.

At first, I wondered how I would put my thoughts into action to fulfill my mission of helping others. I have learned that we all have more in common than we think we do.
The stories of my childhood may stir up thoughts of your childhood. My memories of motherhood may tug at your memories and place the reality of how fast the time of mothering goes right into the middle of your heart. If you have grandchildren, you understand my comments…and if you don’t, just wait. When you do become a grandparent, you too will become enlightened in a way you never expected.

And the self-help part – well, we all need a little help at times. We all need our hands held and our hearts nourished. We all need to know we are not alone. That we share the same problems, predicaments, and heartbreaks in life. We all need to know that we matter and that our feelings are important.

Where do my ideas come from? I share the stories of my life.  I believe that sharing stories brings us together. It is what makes us human. It makes us understand the human mission. It makes us want To Help Others.
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                                              Pennie’s Life Lesson:
                    Do your part to help the human mission – help others. 
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