When I was younger, it was a matter of vanity. As I mature, it is a matter of respect.
(paraphrased from Staging Your Come back, by Christopher Hopkins)
I’ve been thinking much about Aspiring and Inspiring, about the idea that we not only need a dream but desire, and that we are responsible for motivating ourselves.
The day I learned that, I wrote in my notebook: What motivates me? Find out.
Clearly there are days I don’t do the thing I planned, the thing I was determined to do. Perhaps, I just longed for the results.
I’ve been noticing one common thread among diet posts. Motivation. We talk about it a lot.
- Suddenly, I got motivated…
- I started off strong, but lost my motivation…
- I just can’t seem to get motivated…
- I don’t know why I’m not motivated…
- If I can just stay motivated…
We know it takes motivation to keep us on course, strong to the end.
But I seldom see anyone talking about where they get motivation. Does it just *come?* Is it in our power or out of our control?
It doesn’t come from the grocery store, and you can’t get it in supplements, either. Not even the *right* diet can give us motivation.
Sometimes we are motivated by anger, shame, embarrassment, but those don’t usually last. Sometimes we are motivated by dreams.
Do we really want our dream enough to make it come true, or are we satisfied with just the dream?
Where do I fit? What am I willing to do to make my dream come true? Where do I get motivation?
