FedEx Lost Your Motivation Package?

I’m planning on doing that as soon as I get motivated! Yup, as soon as that motivation gets here, I’m doing that. My announcement sounds really good and usually I even have a plan to kick into place once the FedEx guy drops off my motivation package.

 

Well, I don’t know about your FedEx guy, but mine keeps losing that motivation package… and I’m beginning to think it will never arrive.

 

And that may be a good thing! As I’ve recently learned, motivation really isn’t something that happens to us. It’s something we find ways to create for ourselves.

 

Sure… it would be much easier if suddenly we felt motivated. But for those times when it’s just not happening and we wish it were, I do not recommend waiting.

 

The best way I know to feel motivated is to think motivated thoughts. “Yeah… Yeah… Yeah”, you’re saying. You’ve heard this before and tried it a few times, but it never worked for you. Right?

 

If this process sounds familiar, then my hunch is that your motivated thoughts didn’t cause a motivated feeling for one big reason… you say you can’t find any proof for your new, motivated thought. It would make sense that we would think this. After all, we know what our reality is and we want to be truthful and call it like we see it. But if we don’t have something that we want, is talking over and over again about its absence actually going to bring it to us?

 

The answer, of course, is no… and we can both think of things in our lives that prove it.

 

So why not try thinking motivating thoughts? What goal would you like to reach in your life? What thoughts could you think about this goal that would cause you to feel motivated?

 

If losing weight is your goal, thinking that you can’t find the motivation is not only going to cause feelings of hopelessness and despair, but it’s also going to create a result of not losing the weight. On the other hand, thinking that you have all that you need and that you can learn how to use it is going to cause you a more hopeful feeling and will also cause you to take actions that are more in line with losing the weight.

 

So what if this method of attaining our goals goes against what we’ve been lead to believe since childhood? We do have an option here. We can continue thinking and believing what we know to be our reality and keep getting ourselves more of that same reality. Or we can start thinking thoughts that will bring us to our goals.

 

For me, the choice is a simple one. I want to reach my goals and I’m absolutely fascinated with my new understanding of how to achieve them. While action is a necessary component to reaching my goals, I know that the actions will come easier and count for more if they’re preceded by good-feeling thoughts.

 

I love how motivation feels. I love feeling it run through my veins. I’m happy to create intentional thoughts that allow me this feeling. And I’m also happy to let Mr. FedEx know that he can keep the package. I know that I can create motivation on my very own… and no shipping charges!