Our Purpose
There Is Still So Much Good in the World
It's easy to lose sight of that. We live in a time when many people feel overwhelmed, disconnected, discouraged, and uncertain about what comes next. Sometimes our world can feel defined by everything that's wrong with it. Inspired by the World® exists to remind people to look again. Look at the mountains. Stand beside the ocean. Watch the complexity of a living creature. Meet someone whose life is completely different from yours. Listen to their story. Share a meal. Help someone. Experience another culture. Watch the sun rise somewhere you've never been. There is extraordinary beauty, order, creativity, kindness, and purpose all around us. We believe it points to something greater. We believe in God, the Creator of the universe, who made us and the world we get to experience. Creation continually reminds us that we are part of something much bigger than ourselves and gives us reason for wonder, gratitude, hope, and inspiration. And perhaps the greatest inspiration we can bring home isn't another photograph. It's a greater love for God, a greater love for one another, and a renewed appreciation for the life we've been given.
Experience the world. Be inspired by it. Bring that inspiration home.
What We Believe
Inspiration Should
Change Us
Being inspired isn't just about feeling something for a moment.
The experiences that matter most have a way of changing how we see the world and how we live in it.
- They can make us more grateful.
- More compassionate toward people who are different from us.
- More willing to listen.
- More willing to help.
- More appreciative of what we've been given.
- More aware of the incredible complexity and beauty of creation.
- And more interested in the Creator behind it.
Jesus taught something beautifully simple: love God and love your neighbor. That's a foundation for how we want to experience the world. Go with humility. Treat people with kindness. Listen before judging. Learn something. Share something. Help when you can. Respect the places you're welcomed into. And return home a little different than when you left.
The world can inspire us to become better travelers, better neighbors, and better people.
Inspired by Creation
Sometimes You Just
Need to Look Up
A mountain doesn't care about your inbox.
The ocean doesn't know how many followers you have.
A forest doesn't know your job title, your failures, your worries, or everything you're trying to figure out.
And yet there you are, standing in the middle of something you didn't create and could never fully control.
We think there's something important about that.
We believe nature is creation, and creation points us toward its Creator. The scale of a mountain. The intricacy of a leaf. The migration of an animal. The endless stars above us. The extraordinary complexity of the human body. The diversity of people and places across this planet.
For us, these aren't simply beautiful things to photograph.
They are reminders that there is a God greater than us, that our lives have meaning, and that there is still an extraordinary amount of beauty worth experiencing. That's one of the reasons we go. And one of the reasons we share what we find.
Share the Inspiration
What Has Inspired You?
Maybe it's a place that changed your perspective. A person you'll never forget. A tradition that deserves to be preserved. An act of kindness you witnessed. A landscape that left you speechless. Or an experience that reminded you there is still so much good in this world.
Those are the stories we want to tell.
Inspired by the World® captures and shares places, people, experiences, and stories that give others a reason to see more, experience more, appreciate more, and live inspired.