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Having always been one of those “pick yourself up by your boot-straps” kind of guy I am finding it harder and harder lately to find my proverbial boot-straps. The number of times I have tried to encourage people to “buck-up” and get back in the game is probably in the hundreds. So many times I have doubted my own abilities and gone forward anyway after a little pep talk. But, all that pressure and satisfaction I got from the hassle was short-lived and internal. The struggle continues, another game-day approaches and the same, or worse circumstances arose. And, while I got better at facing more strenuous circumstances – it is beginning to feel for naught – I mean, what am I actually learning?

So, I take assessment of my motivation skills and find them lacking and pedestrian. It might be that even important than WHAT words I tell myself to “get back up” is WHERE those words come from. My motivation center has been in me, and now I must look for it from On High. My hope is not to turn into a tissue-carrying-Dr. Phil-couch-sitter, but a more substantial dude without the ego to think I could pick myself up from anything.

Where does your motivation come from?