Motivation

This is something I wrote about a year ago. I finally decided to publish it:

What is motivation? Is it something that comes in waves, or does it appear at the flick of a switch? How is it created? Who sends it? Is there a God of motivation who graves chosen individuals with the gifts of foresight and time management? Does it come from deep within oneself, or must it be applied from an outside source? Does it well up inside a person waiting for the taps to be opened?

It is none of these things. Motivation is a choice based on necessity. Personal necessity is most generally the cause. People get out of bed every day to go to work because they have to.

Why do they have to? What is the greater purpose? That is something each person must answer for themselves. Is it worth it to pay the rent, put food on the table?

Motivation comes from a dream. Dreams are the greater purpose in life.

Dreams put people with no money through college. They laid tracks into the West and put men into space. Dreams are responsible for every great act in history.

The hardest part of life isn't getting out of bed every day; it is realizing your dream.