"Many drops make a bucket, many buckets make a pond, many ponds make a lake, and many lakes make an ocean." - Percy Ross

The way to do this is by experiencing, observing and of course, recording.

Ruby Bayan is a freelance writer with an award-winning site, OurSimpleJoys.com. The site provides freelance writing resources and archives and was chosen as a Writer's Digest Best Writer's Site.

Articles of the site include "Inspiring the Inspirational Writer." The article discusses the Inspirational Writer -- whom "analyzes our ways and ourselves" in our pursuit of solutions. Bayan also makes the following claim:

"Inspirational writing has hit the bookstores like a tidal wave. Volumes of material -- from taking 'soup' for the spirit to witnessing miracles and angels; from glorifying love and romance to internalizing success and happiness. You'd imagine man must be having a terribly desperate time, but yes, this desperation is exactly what the inspirational writer zeroes in on to address. And the writer's main challenge is how to be effective ...

Inspirational writing has a style all its own. The most effective inspirational articles are, first and foremost, personal -- first person, true to life, and uplifting.

For example: you are another member of this human race who has chosen to reach out to share something precious with those who aren't as blessed; you are a friend who cares, who wants others to learn from your own lessons. You humbly extend yourself, opening your heart and sharing valuable experiences, hoping that in the process you create a positive impact on your readers, that somehow you make a difference."

You may use any writing style you wish -- concise or narrative -- so long as your readers are able to comprehend your helpful, instructive and uplifting messages as highlighted by real-life situations. If your readers sense your own identification with the material, they will become loyal students.

To gain the credentials necessary for effective writing AND reader trust you might try writing one or two self-help guides with a publisher like SelfHelpGuides.com -- or you can attend lectures, quoting speakers who are also doctors. You might even write a motivational column at a high-traffic website like Suite101.com.

OR as Bayan has done, you can inhale life. For several years she trained herself to learn ten new skills per year. These skills encompassed everything from Japanese cooking and mountaineering to web authoring! In interviews, however, she has confessed her first source of inspiration comes from her son.

In fact, children have a wide-eyed fascination of the world fertile for motivational topics. Every life aspect is fresh -- from ants building their dirt homes to treating neighbors respectfully. What comes from a child's mouth can delight, surprise and perplex.

So, next time wee Daniel crouches awkwardly under the lowest branch of the Christmas tree after you've told him to "sit beneath the tree," think on how you too can take life more literally -- and how you might help others do the same!

Now think about life's small pleasures -- laughing with a friend, completing a wonderful project, searching for the perfect shell. Each one is fair game! When the motivation hits, write.

Then if you are truly lucky you'll have the following event which happened to Bayan, happen to you:

"One afternoon, a fellow jogger passed me. Without breaking stride, he waved at me and yelled, 'Live the moment!' It was the title of my latest inspirational article. I smiled and waved back. I had made a difference -- even to just one person, I had made a difference. At that moment, I had received my reward."

To sum: seek things to learn. You can do this via "free events:" social gatherings, lectures and Internet searches. Write about your most heartfelt lessons and soon you'll have students learning them too.