THE GADGET THAT GETS ME STARTED

A funny story has it that, late one night, a party-goer decided it
would be best to walk home. He found a shortcut through a poorly lit
cemetery and, in the darkness, stumbled into an open grave.

He tried to climb out but the walls were too slippery. Again and again
he fell back into the grave. Finally, in exhaustion, he settled in a
corner to wait for sunlight.

A few minutes later another man cutting through the cemetery fell
victim to the same grave. He, too, tried desperately to climb and claw
his way out, and he was equally unsuccessful.

As he was about to give up in hopeless resignation, he heard a voice
from the darkness of his pit: "You'll never get out of here."

He did!

He just needed the proper motivation. And in this case, a shot of fear
did the trick. But when it comes to finding the motivation to
accomplish most worthwhile things, his example is the exception.

I am learning that the best motivation, whether we want to accomplish
a task, go back to school, start something new or kick a habit,
usually comes from the inside. To be successful, we must want to do
it. Others may certainly help to encourage or to "pump us up," but, in
the end, we will usually succeed only if we have the desire.

Dorothy Heller illustrates this with an all-too-true poem:

   I spent a fortune
   On a trampoline,
   A stationary bike
   And a rowing machine
   Complete with gadgets
   To read my pulse,
   And gadgets to prove
   My progress results,
   And others to show
   The miles I've charted –
   But they left off the gadget
   To get me started!

Of course they left it off! The gadget to get us started lies within.
And the best part is...since you already own it, you can use it
anytime you want.

Today?
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Steve Goodier Publisher@LifeSupportSystem.com is a professional
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