I invite you to imagine yourself as the main character of the story I am about to tell.
You walk into a beautiful restaurant, take a seat at the table, and begin to look around your elegant surroundings.
You see others, like yourself, who are seated at other tables in the restaurant.
You see them enjoying delicious meals......you realize how hungry you are.
You sit at your table for quite a long time and wonder why others have been served and you are being ignored.
Why are others enjoying the delicious food........and why are you not?
Finally after quite a miserable while you look up and you notice the sign above the sumptuous feast table on the other side of the room, "BUFFET"
Finally the realization sets in....
YOU MEAN I HAVE TO DO IT MYSELF?
MOTIVATION IS LIKE THAT :-)
MOTIVATION BEGINS WITH DESIRE
Ask yourself what is it you truly desire.
You may answer as Toni did
"I want to feel motivated"
But take it deeper and ask yourself
What do I desire to be motivated about?
When motivation is sadly lacking
then usually what one is neglecting
to pursue, to begin, to complete
is
something they don't really want to be doing
It is even possibly something they may think
they cannot do
or should not do.
TO FEEL MOTIVATED IS TO FEEL PASSIONATE
Where is the passion hiding within you?
How can you get in touch with it?
How can you bring it into your awareness?
TRY THIS
Close your eyes.......think of what it is you want to see accomplished
now
In your minds eye, see yourself doing it..
see whatever it is completed.
THEN ASK YOURSELF
Is this something I truly desire?
If the answer is yes,
ask yourself what is stopping you from
achieving this;
What is blocking your motivation
to have what you truly desire?
Is it fear of success?
Is it fear of failure?
Is it fear of the opinion of others?
Is it fear of a sense of accomplishment?
Are you able to recognize that it is a fear?
We, as human beings, are capable of far-ranging emotions, passions.
But in truth all emotions
emanate from two source emotions
which are
FEAR and its opposite LOVE
both are powerful emotions
Recognizing that what is preventing you from feeling motivated is FEAR
then you, like the patron in the restaurant
will see the sign
and will recognize
that you have been your own impediment
to enjoying the meal,
accomplishing the goal.
It is possible to overcome your fear with love
and then as my dear mother used to say
IF YOU TRULY WANT SOMETHING DONE
THEN SIMPLY BEGIN
Begin by visualizing it achieved
This is your awareness
Accept you have been your own roadblock
This is your acceptance
Then you can understand the equation
"ACCEPTANCE + AWARENESS + ACTION
equals CHANGE"
In order to feel motivated, to feel the passion
CHANGE is required
and that possibility of change rests within
YOU
IT'S ALL ABOUT CHOICE
WE ARE ALL MOTIVATED
Look Within
to discover
WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO LACK
MOTIVATION?
The answers are within you.
THAT'S WHY YOU ASKED THE QUESTION :-)
