“I cannot teach anyone anything, I can only make them think.” - Socrates Motivation comes from within. Be it money or satisfaction or self- realization . There is no extrinsic motivation. Tall claims that, but I stand by it because I know not otherwise. My motivation comes from the ever present something that makes or breaks me do something, anything. Motivation is a result of need, and need is the relative difference between the desired state and the current state. Those are but just words. What do they mean? What does motivation even mean. The leaves move because there is wind, and because there is wind we can define air. Such is the case with motivation. A being exhibiting a goal oriented behaviour of often classified as someone who has motivation. There was a chuck in my life where I did not know why I did what I did neither did I know what was it that would make it know it, nor did I know what I really wanted to do. General judgement was lack of a purpose that result
PIPPIN: I didn't think it would end this way. GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. PIPPIN: What Gandalf? See what? GANDALF: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise. PIPPIN: Well, that isn't so bad. GANDALF: No. No, it isn't.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Its children’s day as I write. There were mockery in the group today about wishing me for this day, as a reward for being childlike. There, childlike. Judgement free, low on baggage and little insecurity. It makes me behave in the way I do, and it’s not easy to keep away judgement or baggage or insecurity. A comment like that would have riled me up a few years back, made me hate the guts of these people who could say such a thing and even severe ties with them. It’s a perc