What Motivates Most of Us

What motivates most of us is . . .

. . .the desire to feel loved and appreciated. . .

. . .the wish to be admired and acknowledged. . .

. . .the longing to be heard and to seem relevant. . .

. . .the need to feel important and significant. . .

When you say Never mind, Whatever, Forget about it, I really don’t care,  It doesn’t even matter . . . .you are lying to yourself.

You’re being dishonest with yourself and with the world.

And this is what holds you back.  This is what keeps you from getting anywhere.

Reality is, you do care.

Then you’d be sharing some hard core truth.

The goal should be to get closer to a state of “self-congruence” — in which what we say, think, and feel is consistent with who we are inside. And the truth is we are dying inside for some unconditional love.

Honor this. . .the truth, because the fact is, you do care. You care so much it hurts.

So go ahead, pay attention, tend to yourself and your need to be loved, acknowledged and heard.

Grow to become more honest with who you are and less delusional about yourself.

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Rene Magritte was an internationally acclaimed surrealist artist of all time, yet it was not until his 50s, when he was finally able to reach some form of fame and recognition for his work. Rene Magritte described his paintings saying, “My painting is visible images which conceal nothing; they evoke mystery and, indeed, when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, ‘What does that mean?’ It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing, it is unknowable.”