Ride the Lightning

June 10, 2025

There are moments—rare, electric—when inspiration hits like a lightning strike. Out of nowhere, something clicks. A vision forms. A solution reveals itself. The fog clears and you see something you couldn’t see before. It doesn’t last long, but for that brief burst, you’re lit up from the inside. You feel pulled, not pushed. Energized. Focused. Alive. That’s what it means to ride the lightning.

This kind of inspiration isn’t something you can schedule. It doesn’t come when you’re well-rested and ready for it. Often, it shows up uninvited, in the middle of a walk, while driving, or in the quiet of an otherwise unremarkable moment. But when it arrives, it carries a kind of urgency—an undeniable force that makes you want to drop everything and follow it wherever it leads.

And that’s exactly what you have to do.

Because these moments are gifts. They’re fuel. They don’t just give you ideas—they open doors. They offer clarity, momentum, and energy that can push your work, your creativity, or even your entire career forward in ways steady effort alone sometimes can’t. But only if you act on them.

To ride the lightning means being ready to catch that gust of wind when it blows through. You don’t pause. You don’t overthink. You lean in and let it carry you. Whether it’s a surge of creativity, a bold idea, or a new way of seeing the world, you throw yourself into it fully. You write it down, build it out, speak it aloud—whatever it takes to keep it alive. Because the lightning won’t wait around. It strikes, and then it’s gone.

What you’re left with afterward is often more than just a finished piece of work. You’ve changed. You’ve been stretched, lifted, elevated. You’ve moved beyond where you were before. And even though the high fades, the impact lingers. You come away sharper, more connected, and often with something real to show for it.

So when that moment comes—when the idea lands, when the energy rushes in, when the vision is clear—don’t hesitate. Don’t tell yourself you’ll get to it later. Grab it. Use it. Ride it all the way out.

Because lightning like that doesn’t strike often. But when it does, it can light up everything.