Whether inspiration comes from God, literature, art, someone else's story or your own, be honest. Record the inspired moment with truth as best you know how. Filling in missing colors or adding "artificial flavors" will reduce artistic credibility. Well selected adjectives and colorful language will come. For now record the moment and be honest.
Also:
Deciding to take a "mental note" of an inspirational moment, is deciding to forget about it. Document the moment with a photo, record a message on your phone, write/type a note. It doesn't need to rhyme or be award winning prose. It needs to be recalled. (I have a collection of melodies recorded on my phone that are NEVER meant to be shared :-)
Inspiration:
Last night our family went out for ice cream. In the ice cream parlor Miranda Lambert's song, The House That Built Me, played above the chatter of the room. The girl behind the counter making waffle cones knew every word and quietly sang along as she worked. The smell of the waffle cones reminded me of pancakes with my grandpa when I was a kid. We waited in line for half an hour to get our dish of ice cream all the while smelling the waffle cones being made... And none of us got a waffle cone.
Now I can't say this is or will be a song, but I do know, as I watched her sing, it was honest. I was inspired to take note.
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