Deep
Thought Friday
My posts are usually about My
Life Lessons. These are the things I’ve lived through, witnessed and now
talk about how they’ve affected me. In some instances, these things still
affect me. While some of those things are actual facts/events,
some are readings and information that is passed on to me.
I want to change things a little. I
want this new “Deep Thought Friday” series to be more than a casual
stop on my blog for the latest read.
I want to allow you to come up with
your own conclusion to a situation… with your own moral of the story. I want to
see if you can connect with a particular story in such a way that it will give
you a sense of purpose, a new direction or perspective, and maybe just maybe -
think deeper and further than usual.
As you read, discuss the moral in
each story with your spouse or partner, or with a close friend. Connect every
story with yourself. Challenge yourself. Think about what you’ve learned from
the story and what change you can bring to your life.
Example is the main source of motivation;
it is the most influential dynamic driving us. While we don’t always get to choose
the source of whom or what is being displayed around us we have the sole
responsibility on how we perceive it and how we apply it to our lives…Positively
or negatively.
This
week “Deep Thought Friday” is about The Source of Your Motivation…
POSITIVELY
OR NEGATIVELY we chose the energy of our
motivation!
This
is a story of two brothers. One was a drug addict and a drunk who frequently
beat up his family. The other one was a very successful businessman who was
respected in society and had a wonderful family. Some people wanted to find out
why two brothers from the same parents, brought up in the same environment,
could be so different. The first one was asked, "How come you do what you
do? You are a drug addict, a drunk, and you beat your family. What motivates
you?" He said, "My father." They asked, "What about your
father?" The reply was, "My father was a drug addict, a drunk and he
beat his family. What do you expect me to be? That is what I am." They
went to the brother who was doing everything right and asked him the same
question. "How come you are doing everything right? What is your source of
motivation?" And guess what he said? "My father” was his answer. When
I was a little boy, I used to see my dad drunk and doing all the wrong things.
I made up my mind that the person he was is not what I wanted to be."
Both
were deriving their strength and motivation from the same source, but one was
using it positively and the other negatively”.
