Always and at all times we are in a state of being motivated. Defined as an enthusiasm, or a reason for doing something, motivation drives us, regardless of whether the outcome is positive or negative. One may be motivated to love a partner unconditionally, or to commit an extreme act of violence against them. Irrespective of the judgements we make on the chosen action, at its root motivation is purely a life force moving through us. If we are feeling emotionally or mentally deflated, there may be a strong motivation to go out with friends to drown our sorrows, or instead to seek help to truly feel better. What we decide to do depends on the conditioning present before motivation arrives and it’s what creates our patterns of behaviour.
Beginning with this is important, as commonly used words like lazy or idle are routinely confused or described interchangeably with a lack of motivation, rather than a symptom of it. It’s easy to sum up behaviour based on what we see, but when wanting to make significant changes, we really have to look beyond the visible.
Knowing which direction your own motivation naturally flows can be life-changing, or at very least eye-opening.
Motivation moves in a direction, it’s not a static state we experience but one that ebbs away from a target or flows toward it, depending on the vessel (us) it’s contained within.
