In order to live a happy and a fulfilling life, Motivation and Happiness is important. They both have a role to play in living a life not entirely dependent on people, places, things, e.t.c.
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When you find yourself in a situation where the usual motivation does not seem to be comig through, what do you do? I dare to ask what you do when you find yourself in a situation where your usual source of happiness does not seem to be coming through?
These are real questions we consider as far as life is concerned. In order to make progress with life, we cannot ahh away from these facts because they stare directly into our faces. For me i jave learned self mltivation since from my elementarh school days. I have not learned how to be happy bu mhself untill recently when i had issues with my lover. I realized that the source of my whole happiness is from her. Now she is acting up, am just a shadow of myself. But i am glad to engage in what brinfs me happiness without depending on external favtors.
MOTIVATION
In my humble opinion, Motivation refers to the substance, thing, mindset, which employs people to do a particular thing. It is a push towards putting in efforts to achieve desired goals. Anything can be a source of motivation depending on the kind of Individual. It could be money, fame, love, integrity, justice, e.t.c.
SELF MOTIVATION
Self Motivation refers to the above definition with the introduction of self. In this situation, instead of being motivated by any of the lists above, one is motivated by him or herself. Personally, this is the best form of motivation thus far. The reason why I adopt this is because people, money, fame, status can fail to motivate someone. But for somebody who is self-motivated, nothing seems to stop such a person from achievements.
HAPPINESS
As simple as the term may seem, it is a double-edged coin in that you can achieve happiness through hard and simple ways. Happiness is a nice good feeling of satisfaction, joy, pleasure, e.t.c. As available as happiness is, it is also a very scarce commodity.
DO YOU DEPEND ON PEOPLE, THINGS, E.T.C. FOR YOUR MOTIVATION AND HAPPINESS?
It is my personal opinion that we must only depend on people for just 30% of our Motivation and Happiness. 70% of our Motivation and Happiness should come from us and not outside. Sadly, the opposite is the case. This amount to the high rate of frustration, disappointment, heartbreaks we face. These are the two lessons I have come to understand in the last 11 Months. In the last 11 months I had a serious change in my routine activities. It was then I realized that I have zero self Motivation and Happiness.
All along I have been dependent on people. And when this reality dawned on me, I became an unreasonable attention seeker to be able to cope with life and be happy. I have now learned that every Individual needs to grow to a level of self Motivation and self happiness in order to really be motivated and happy in reality. If that is not the case, we would just be seeking and channeling energy where they are not needed. Indeed, to find real Motivation and happiness is to first work and develop one self.
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