Reality hits hardest in the morning. Between the dreamlike state and harsh reality that you exist in the second you wake up, why do you decide to leave the comfort of your warm, alluring bed into the coldness of life?
Reality washes over me every morning and every morning my reality is one that I am not content with. So I ask this question with the intent of answering it.
I get up in the morning to make sure one day when I do wake up, my reality will be identical to my dreams.
Purpose: the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.
It is the single greatest gift given to humans. To be able to work toward a solitary purpose and push for a better day allows us to tangibly change our environment. It is that purpose towards that goal that gives us our drive, work ethic and determination.
Indeed, without something to live for we would live for nothing.
Understand that I'm far from immune to human weakness.
For every morning I've woken up and felt the reality wash over me I've been so seduced by the idea of closing the blinds and giving into the beckoning lure of sleep. How easy it would be to turn back around and not have to deal with this life. Not to have to deal with the problems or the people or the incessant noise of the world. How simple just to roll over into..blissful nothingness.
And yet, we can't. We have to keep fighting towards a better future, a better tomorrow, a better morning because if we didn't where would any of us be?
If we allowed ourselves the luxury of not facing the day would women have the right to vote today? No. The right to vote was granted in 1928 as a result of the suffragettes relentless petitioning towards there movement. Similiarly, MLK would have never made the strides he did in the civil rights movement if he had simply decided to roll over and ignore the obstacles he faced.
I ask because I wanted to explore where that motivation to get up and do comes from. Especially when you're plagued with countless problems, it is the most alluring thing to just switch off and just not deal for the day. So what make you not give in?
I recognise that it is within the confines of humans and their drive to be better and do better that people get up and go. Either for yourself or others around you, you get up because you have a reason to. Even if you hated your job you love your family and need to provide for them. Doing so keeps you active, involved and productive.
Staying idle is the most deceptive of friends..
It is working towards a true purpose that keeps you alive.
It is working towards a true purpose that keeps you alive.
Purpose gives renewed lease of life everyday.
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