There are obvious things that motivate me and keep breathing in and out each day. These things keep me on the straight and narrow, the drugless and drunkless path, the path I personally am meant to be on at this point in my life. They keep me steady when my body hurts and my mind cramps up over some past painful thing.
The following items are on the "obvious" motivational item list. When I need to simplify my focus, I draw back to these things, funneling down into them. I try at those moments to forget about anything and everything else.
God - For me, this includes my personal spiritual beliefs as well as sanity, sobriety, sanctity of life... this is a wildly personal relationship that I will not attempt to explain in this format. God, the Universe, everything.
My children - I love them. Even just watching them sleep motivates me to be a better person. Heck, when they are challenging me, I am motivated to rise to the occasion. Children are the most efficient ego removal system known to mankind. They reflect my defects, they enhance my attributes, they remind me that I am not the youngest generation. Plus, I love them to pieces and they are pretty damn awesome people. It is a privilege to parent, for any length of time, for any reason.
My friends, boyfriend and family - These people know me and have not ran yet. They are brave.
The creative spirit of mankind - This is one of those goofy concepts that I can feel in my heart and I celebrate it as often as possible.
Nature and all that good stuff - The basics are often good enough. If I can get around things that are growing and alive, I remember that this is not all about me, and my ego goes off into a corner and pouts, allowing my soul some time to hang out.
Purpose - When I am allowed a chance to pass on my experiences and how I got through them, or how I didn't... only then are the horrors of life given a chance to come into the second act as heroes. If I lose my rubber duck, for example, I am alone in my search and my sorrow. If later I realize that you, too, lost your rubber duck, we have an instant bond, and we can either find our ducks together, or sit and talk about how much we loved them and how hard it is to let them go.
TOMORROW: I will reveal the not-so-obvious list. I would love, at that time, for others to comment and add the things that motivate them, especially if those things are on the non-obvious side.
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