1) It's satisfying to tell people they inspire you. Telling someone they inspire you isn't easy. It's awkward, and it takes you out of your comfort zone. (They say life begins when you step out of your comfort zone...) But it gets easier each time you do it. Also, it helps you connect with people that you otherwise would not connect with... and not just any people, but people whom you admire!
2) The pressure to find a new person for the project every day changes how you look at the world. I don't know what I was looking at before, but now I'm always on the lookout for people who inspire me... It's an artificial(?) reminder to take stock of the people in your life, and also to always be looking for the good in people and the world around you. What are you looking at every day?
3) Not only do the inspirational people I've talked to not know that they're inspiring for one reason or another, they have a hard time accepting it. This leads me down a line of thinking that A) We all probably inspire others in some way without knowing it, B) We all are inspired by people even if we're not conscious of it; and C) How might we all benefit from being aware of those who inspire us, and also benefit the people who are doing the inspiring if we told them they inspire us?
4) I'm afraid I'll never complete this project, and I'm also afraid to type out #100daysofinspirationalpeople for fear of misspelling it...
Even if you don't want to do the 100 days project, just try telling a person in your life, or a total stranger, that you're doing a special project about inspirational people, and that you'd like to take their picture because they inspire you. I can pretty much guarantee you'll both walk away feeling a little bit better.
