What is the source?

What makes you get up and go every morning? Everybody will have a different answer. 

Motivation=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation

There are so many theories, people opinions, an inner turmoil to understand, or bottle it up to sell to people without motivation. There is expectation that comes with motivation. For example, if you are motivated to solve world hunger and lack of clean water there is an expected resolution that you will find a way to feed people and get them access to clean water. 

The negative to having motivation is funny to look at:

Like with anything there is a spectrum in people. When I examine that spectrum, I find the passion that God gives each of us as gifts. My motivation is sculpted and refined by my experience, my choices, my likes and dislikes, my ideals, my examples. When I choose to follow my passions as my motivation I find myself happier, more fulfilled, and more at peace. The negative of all that is seen on the right here. A face-plant on a meeting that seems pointless.

Is the motivation of each life to be great? To be famous in someway? To teach others in the ways they should go? To learn how to be social, properly emotional, a contributor to society, an idealist, or a creator? What does the Bible say about greatness?

I think God wants us to be selfless to help us be more of ourselves. To be great at where we are, however we go where we are. It doesn't matter if you were born to a rich and powerful family. It doesn't matter if you were born in the streets of the worst town ever. It doesn't matter what your circumstance, your past, your upbringing. What matters is the choice and choices you make.

        There is a documentary called 'A Monk with a Camera'. 

A very interesting story of a man who made a series of choices and is still to this day making choices. He struggles with motivation and materialism. The constant evaluation of what he is doing and why. I was captivated with the struggle and identified with it. I think many of us struggle with this. I would call him a great man. He is conscience of the struggle, is transparent, and works to ensure the pride monster stays under control.

The pride monster=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac3RObaMCco

What is the source of your motivation? Why do you get up every morning or every evening? Are we finding our purpose? It is so important to examine our motivation as it dictates what you do and why you do it. If you don't know why you are doing something, then what is the point of doing it? Why do we learn, why do we grow, why do we do what we do? I know for me it is to better than I was yesterday. I want to be a good person, a loving person, a follower of Jesus, a friend, a good daughter, a good wife, a good mom. In order to be good I have to know what is good and my motivation. 

I love to write. I write for the love of writing. To tell my story, to help others not make the same mistakes I did or to mentor. I write for the pure joy of evaluation, understanding, hope, I write because I have to. I read an amazing article this week: http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/04/famous-writers-on-keeping-a-diary/

I expand when I write, when I compile all that I hear God speaking to my heart and share that with others. I find it simply awesome when I learn that people out there struggle with the same issues I am wrestling over. When people are transparent with what they struggle with. That is not void of fear mind you. I operate in the face of fear. It scares me to say things that I know to be true that I also know may hurt people. I struggle to obey and go out to something I have never done before without the experience of others or without someone going with me. I am scared of angry people. I avoid conflict at most costs to ensure I am not the source of the frustration. I apologize for doing and being and thinking, yet that is what God calls me to do over and over again. To step out and confront. So I say lets look at the motivation of what we do why we are doing it and lets run the race God has set before us.