Motivation Or Inspiration - Which one would you choose?
Swathi Swaminathan
Project Manager | Leadership Development | Blogger | Public Speaker
For once have you taken a second to reflect on what you have been doing? Have you been looking forward to a brighter side of life during this transitional time? Guess most of us have always been waiting for the perfect moment to get started with something anew. But if we keep looking at the perfect one then we have lost the true essence of life. We can start at any point in our life if we choose to pursue it with a burning desire within ourselves. We don’t need to find where our passion is moreover we need to figure what resonates within us. What is that key force which keeps us going no matter what obstacles come across? I call them roadblocks because you see something restricting yourself. It isn't a permanent one, always a temporary one.
Life is simple but we tend to complicate it and the complexity increases with us trying to figure out? It isn’t about the miles you conquered but the hearts you touched as you moved across this journey of life. Your life is meant to become meaningful and to make it significant the first move would be to check on yourself,
Are you happy being who you are?
If you don’t like yourself then you can’t expect someone to like you. Sometimes we forget what it was to be happy. Each of these moments is a constant reminder of who you aspired to become and who you are now!
I have felt this mental dilemma when someone first asked me what was it that I wanted to achieve in life? I was never sought with such a question because people always wanted me to do what they thought was the best for me. But what did I want, no one took a stand to dig deeper into my soul to help me find the true person I was seeking to become. When I used to hear motivational talks I first used to feel so pumped up and that day would be like yes this is it I’m going to crack this day up. But the next day I’m back to scrolling the same newsfeeds and the world is telling me you can’t do anything. I was just finding solace in those talks. Later it took me a while to find the true people who taught me the essence of life. What I wanted to pursue were bigger dreams but for that the first person to put in effort should have been myself, I had to believe before I expected someone else to believe in me. We are always attracted to people whose company we keep.
Life isn’t just a 24*7 clock it has got more depth and value if we started taking things not for granted! You don’t need someone to motivate you moreover what you need is to get inspired by them and apply those principles in your life. More often why we reflect not to apply, is because we are afraid of the results and the practices seem quite simple that it seems not real.
It is in these moments that we have forgotten how it was to have a dream!