What motivates you?
I suppose there are any number of ways to answer this question. As a younger person, I was motivated by fear: of failure, of being unloved and unappreciated, of not-fitting-in, of mediocrity, of dying unknown. It is amazing what an unrelenting motivator fear was; it never let up and created stress, anxiety, uncertainty, and depression.
I am glad to say that fear is no longer a primary motivator and, when I am awake to my life, it is not a motivation at all. These days I find myself motivated by a desire to “hold my post,” a mission/post I believe has been presented to me by the Universe. If I were to state this as succinctly as I can, it would go something like this:
To create space(s) where people feel freed to be themselves as they are, knowing that they are infinitely precious and unconditionally loved for the gift they already are. To do this, I will strive to be fully present and to listen deeply without judgment.
-me
I have begun to build my life around practices that help me let go of my own stuff enough to be present with others authentically. When I am with others, I know I want to really show up. That requires I be awake to what is arising in me and to release it.
I write this blog to refine my thoughts and to share them, hopefully with an eye to sharing freely this gift I have received to those who might need and want it. I hope that simply writing (and reading obviously) may touch people’s lives, and remind them they are precious and loved, that we all trip up a bit sometimes and that we get to learn from our mistakes and failures, maybe more than from our successes. And I try to live in a way that everyone I encounter knows the same.
And sometimes, despite my motivation, I fail. I am thankful that my motivation helps me to get back up and try again. It is in and through my own receiving of healing/grace/forgiveness that I may offer anything of a similar nature to anyone else.
Please remember that you are already a gift right where you are now, infinitely precious and unconditionally loved.
Infinitely Precious 