is one resource I use to discover motivation for Wisdom and Life. It’s one of the reasons I’m seldom at a loss for topics to discuss at my blog. There is a plethora of resources available in the Spiritual realm to write about. One of my oldest “spiritual” friends in the blogger community, Carla Goddard, Msc.D. at Shaman Medicine Woman recently shared How Do You Motivate Yourself: With Love or Fear? Tiny Buddha is on Google+ as well.
This is a fascinating column as I recently thought about how much my own diet has changed in the past few years. I considered writing a column about this change recently and here I found inspiration for this very topic. So I want to thank Carla for bringing this to my attention.
Like Laura-Erdman-Luntz, I’ve always been quite disciplined. I’ve generally found it easy to break habits and continue on new paths. I like what Laura has to say about whether someone is practicing out of love or out of fear. I never gave that any thought until reading this column. Now I wonder whether my own practice is out of fear or out of love.
I understand that I can no longer eat what I used to eat:
Sweets
Red Meat
Chips
Soda
on a consistent basis, otherwise I feel sick. I can no longer digest that type of food. I actually haven’t had a drop of soda in over ten years. And it’s all because I find it easy to break habits and make new positive changes.
I WANT to feel healthy.
Perhaps that is what motivates me:
Wanting to feel healthy
Wanting to be good.
Maybe on SOME level I am disciplined out of fear because I know how I feel when I slip and I certainly don’t like the feeling. Maybe using fear to motivate isn’t such a negative thing; as long as you keep your eye on the prize, as long as you understand that you ARE INDEED using that to motivate yourself.
What do you think?
Be Happy! Be Well! Be Positive!
Blessings to you.
—
Chris
