IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO STAY MOTIVATED ALWAYS?











Is it possible for us to stay motivated always?


Maybe, it is possible for ‘super humans’. But, for most of us here – humans, I mean – I don’t think it is possible.


Oh Yes. To stay motivated ‘most of the times’ – not ‘all the times’ - I think, it is possible.


From my own experience, I can say this: Our motivation is, always, linked to our goals… What we desire to achieve… How important for us to achieve it. So, if our goals are not clear and steadfast, desire is not intense and resolve is not strong, our motivation cannot last.


Yet, let’s accept it: We are humans… Not super humans. When we face setbacks and when we get wounded, are we not supposed to take a break, step back and spend some time licking our own wounds?


I have done that umpteen times. Yes, it’s okay to feel down and depressed… It is okay, sometimes, to doubt our abilities, paths and step back for a while. It is okay to let go our efforts for a while… Just rejuvenate… Lick our own wounds!


Like our body bath, our mind needs this constant bath of motivation. It is not a one-time job… Nor it is the motivation from outside that our mind needs the most. What our mind needs the most is the motivation from inside… the self-bath!


I was holding a session, today, for the students of a Mumbai college. The topic was – ‘Power of Self-motivation’. A young boy asked me, during the session – ‘Sir, is it possible for us to stay motivated, always?”


“No,” I said, without even blinking, “We are humans and not super humans… It is a real world and not a fantasy world.”


There was a huge sigh of relief on this young boy’s face!



GERALD D’CUNHA


Pic.: Anil Bedi


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