"Can't touch this"!!!

can't touch this, can't see this, can't taste this......

 Motivation, noun (ENTHUSIASM)

[U] enthusiasm for doing something , example;

Motivation is a word that we hear every day, so is yours high or low? We can look at other people and think, wow, where do they get all that motivation

One of the greatest minds in mankind's history, Sir Isaac Newton, taught us that for every action (force) in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction. In other words, if object A exerts a force on object B, then object B also exerts an equal force on object A.

Maybe our "motivation" (good force A) is fighting an opposing force (bad force B)....it is...and it's not a fair fight!

This opposing force is the little voice in our heads that tries to distract us whenever we want to do something good or learn and develop.

(If your "it", that little voice in your head just said, don't bother reading this, you REALLY DO need to read this!)

What does it want?

It wants your dreams, your ambition, your spirit and the good you can do for others. It won't be happy until your hopes dreams and spirit are crushed! This thing is a liar. The biggest liar you know, It tells the biggest whoppers in it's fight to keep you exactly where it wants you.

(If you leave this page "It" has scored another small victory in the ongoing war raging in all of us)

So where does it want to keep you?

In a word DOWN, right down, on the floor, ton weight on your chest, a fog in your brain, wrapped up in chains, flummoxed and the thing that sends it crazy is when you try to use that special skill (our personal genius) that we were born with, to do good for ourselves and others. It hates that and will lie, cheat and deceive you, don't expect any mercy. This thing fights dirty.

Let me give you a small example of the negative/opposing force that exists in me, say I need to telephone someone or a company at 9.00am in the morning, "it" whispers to me at about 8.55am and says "I know that you are going to ring at 9.00am, but maybe it would be a good idea too ring a bit later, better give them a chance to get sat at their desk and get organized, Yeah, bet they hate taking calls as soon as they get in! Just a little example, believe me we have much bigger battle's

(has your little voice tried to distract you yet, your "It" would really like you to leave this page, why, because you are going to learn how YOU can start winning small victories in the daily struggle for our "good" force to win the day)

Anyway, it's now 9.15 and "it" says actually, it would be much better to ring at 9.00am tomorrow, they could be busy now, they've probably got involved in the tasks that they start their day with, bet they're up to their necks in work. Why don't you catch them fresh, leave it until the morning now, we've got much more important things to be doing, have'nt we? I then get a list of these important things, that list is very convincing.

It wants to score little victories like this (making me ring tomorrow) so it can keep on winning the bigger battles on the more important stuff to us, like giving us a 100 reasons why we should stop this new diet, all of them lies! The more important the objective is to us, the more the mutterings and the lies get cranked up!

That voice ("it") is the most destructive voice in existence, it will probe your very soul to find the slightest weakness. It is much meaner and craftier than the worst thing in a childhood nightmare, craftier than the craftiest thing that you can imagine. It's Voldermort, Pennywise, The Grinch and Snow White's wicked stepmother all rolled into one and then some!

It will suck the last drop of enthusiasm out of your brain until you feel as empty as a deep, dark, cold deserted mineshaft, the only sound being the odd drip of stagnant water collecting in a dirty pool way down below.

How do we feel motivation/good force? We've all experienced moments when we feel that we could take on the world, enthusiasm is literally bursting out of us. Then what,10 minutes later all that force/energy/feeling has gone as quick as a balloon going down!

What made that great feeling melt away, where do the little mutterings in your head come from.

So when that rush of excitement and enthusiasm has fizzled out, how do we feel? Well, grumpy, deflated and empty, but not to worry, there's a little voice that will make everything seem OK. It will tell you "Look, lets keep things like they are, we don't like change do we? We could look silly could'nt we, "It" whispers....

And you think, hey life goes on, I'll do my class/diet/voluntary work later when I feel a bit more confident/the economies stronger/when the kids have left home. "It" whispers "that's right, that's the way to do it, things will be much better...then..."It" just scored another victory . It will say ANYTHING to gain this victory and delay your special genius from seeing the light of day.

So you will go on enduring this life and NOT living the life you were put on this earth to live!

It's just not you of course, there are millions around the world who think "one day I'm going to ---------------- (you fill in the gaps)

How many dreams and ambitions are smashed and broken in a lifetime,? all those people that did'nt, just did'nt get past their own bad force and just live a life of "sweet" misery.

Did it surprise you to hear that every one of us in this human race is in a minute by minute struggle for our heart and soul?, the struggle is about the kind of person that we would love to be, to be the inspiration that your family look up to. So when our time is done, we could look back on our lives and say that I really lived my life and am leaving my legacy of experience and wisdom.

Your legacy is not about money by the way, if you can leave some for your loved ones well that's great, more important is your spirit, your thirst for knowledge and your example so they use your example, build on it and don't waste a day of their lives trapped in a spiral of negativity and failure.

(If that little voice in your head just whispered to you again, get off this page, DO NOT GO. JUST STICK IT OUT FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES. Have some faith, believe me, you owe this to yourself and everyone you care about)

See how it works? How does your's work? How does it burrow down into your brain and distract you? What did it steal from you today and what will it take tomorrow?

Now, do you see why it turns out that you are fighting a minute by minute struggle, a struggle for your VERY SOUL!

"It" will tell you too stop being so stupid and melodramatic Ha Ha, what a joke, you don't believe this rubbish do you? Ha Ha. A tough guy like you?, a determined and successful women like you! No Way do you believe this

Cos' every time you start a project or a diet or a class, you always see it through, don't you? You constantly advance your knowledge and are a growing inspiration on your family and colleagues'.....Oh so that is'nt exactly the case then...right, I'll tell you what stopped you in your tracks.

Resistance did it.. Resistance is the thing that stands between the life we endure and the life we were put on this earth to LIVE!

Resistance, now you have a name for it, Resistance is the most corrosive and paralyzing force on the planet. What will it take for us to stand up to this Resistance? Only you know that, when will you fight back? What low point in your life will it take you to?

Are you strong enough to say how Resistance has affected your life, has held you back or stolen your hopes and dreams in the Guestbook below?

But how do we fight this unseen enemy?

Well the first thing is to acknowledge that Resistance is present in us, acknowledge it and and that is the first step to beating it.

If it bleeds ,we can kill it.......

The next thing is the "simple" idea that we do the exact opposite to what resistance is telling us, so if you are on a diet and resistance wants you to fail and whispers "would'nt it be scrummy to have a cream cake" the "simple" thing is not to have one and deny resistance the small victory it craves. Remember Resistance knows that small victories eventually win the war and you will be off the diet, given up the class, stopped running etc and we know what follows; the crushing guilt.......

Resistance loves that because it can then wrap you up in a fog of even more resistance to "protect" you.

"May the Force be with you" - the good force! The one that delivers your dreams, sets you apart from the people who are crushed and defeated by Resistance, the force that will propel you forward to make a difference with your own special genius.

We can come out on top in this struggle, think of the great names that overcame all the obstacles, we can't imagine a world without Shakespeare, Leonardo Da Vinci, Van Gogh (fancy his demons?) Mozart, Archimedes, Beethoven, Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Buckminster Fuller (Who?)

Buckminster Fuller was nothing until the age of 32. At that age he was unemployed, a drunk, and when his daughter died, he took himself off to a nearby bridge and was going to commit suicide. At the last moment, he had a moment of revelation, and decided to embark on "an experiment, to find what a single individual can contribute to changing the world and benefiting all humanity."

That single thought was all that he needed to set him on the course to releasing his unique special genius.

When you have a thought of that power and you ask for help, you are going to get it. All the good in the universe is going to come flying at you, the power that will just have to burst out of you will be awe inspiring to you and everyone you know.... So Go on Ask the universe for help, but ask like you really want it. Open up your heart and soul and let it all flow out of you! The power you could soon be feeling will shock and amaze you. Go on do it! , your on your way to beating resistance and releasing your own special genius! Good Luck! You owe it to yourself and the rest of the world.