Wednesday, April 20, 2005
MOTIVATION
Where does passion come from? Where does the love stem from? Who has it and where do you get it?
Roberto is musing on motivation, asking people about their personal experiences. I was wrapping my head around his question during my morning drive and decided that a good way to think about it was to play an old mix he gave me.
The "Beer Mix", as I affectionately call it, is holding up through the years. Good stuff. The first track has that classic Blue Velvet line where bad man Dennis Hopper is pushing around a young Kyle MacLachlan and screams "PABST BLUE RIBBON!!!". Hahaha.
Back to motivation. It's a big topic but this is what the 110 South and I came up with. While I'm sure there is some deep Freudian motivation within me, I don't know what it is. I've personally always had passion, I guess. Instead, I struggle with the shifting pulls of competing motivations. Therefore, my focus has been less about what my motivation is, and more about diminishing certain motivations while cultivating others.
A lot of this has actually been from church. The running theme has been to become less focused on myself, and more focused on God and on others. This has been significant and something that I've been more and more motivated by.
Recently, they've also addressed fear and courage. I've always known that I'm at my lowest when I am afraid, when I despair, and when I'm cynical. It's about addressing my fears and replacing it with courage. And what Pastor Rattay has been saying is true for me. Deep down, I want to get in the game, and I don't want anything holding me back.
So what motivates me? Many things, but here are two big ones: (1) Knowing what I want to do (or knowing what I think is the right thing to do), and (2) overcoming cynicism and fear with hope and courage.
Roberto is musing on motivation, asking people about their personal experiences. I was wrapping my head around his question during my morning drive and decided that a good way to think about it was to play an old mix he gave me.
The "Beer Mix", as I affectionately call it, is holding up through the years. Good stuff. The first track has that classic Blue Velvet line where bad man Dennis Hopper is pushing around a young Kyle MacLachlan and screams "PABST BLUE RIBBON!!!". Hahaha.
Back to motivation. It's a big topic but this is what the 110 South and I came up with. While I'm sure there is some deep Freudian motivation within me, I don't know what it is. I've personally always had passion, I guess. Instead, I struggle with the shifting pulls of competing motivations. Therefore, my focus has been less about what my motivation is, and more about diminishing certain motivations while cultivating others.
A lot of this has actually been from church. The running theme has been to become less focused on myself, and more focused on God and on others. This has been significant and something that I've been more and more motivated by.
Recently, they've also addressed fear and courage. I've always known that I'm at my lowest when I am afraid, when I despair, and when I'm cynical. It's about addressing my fears and replacing it with courage. And what Pastor Rattay has been saying is true for me. Deep down, I want to get in the game, and I don't want anything holding me back.
So what motivates me? Many things, but here are two big ones: (1) Knowing what I want to do (or knowing what I think is the right thing to do), and (2) overcoming cynicism and fear with hope and courage.
