Train station

What if we have five (5) rest days and just two (2) working days? Lazy thought, unmotivated, nothing to do, uninterested, burnt out or plainly non sense.

Motivation starts in ones mind. Is it something that can be done instantaneously? Yeah, maybe but in this case how long will it last? It could disappear as fast as Siberian Tigers are disappearing. I don’t think a pure thought of being motivated could sustain it. Shallow. Then how could I make myself go back on track. Like any railroad track it ends somewhere. It may have several stations along the way but it will end eventually. If you ride a train just for the thrill of it, your interest and excitement will carry you through. The first station will be amazing… there is a wow experience but as hours pass by you might decide to disembark and quit. It is ok to stop there of course especially that’s all you want. After the emotions have dwindled and left you, there is nothing more to do but change and look for something interesting again. To do this every year of your life I am sure your inner being will be like longing for something, searching for a higher purpose than being driven by temporary satisfaction. What is it then?

Let’s go back to the train station and see it as your life and the journey would be like a train ride. Wow, a train ride of your life. A journey. Do you just want to have a journey? Or would you prefer a destination? Hmmmm.. you can’t choose only one. I think it has to be both but the destination for me destination is more important. Before you go on a journey, see your end destination. See it. Imagine it. Every detail, smell it right under your nose though it is still far. Visualize being there and imagine carefully how you would feel if you have reached the end. Close your eyes and imagine what is happening when you are there in your destination. Feel the excitement even before you reach it. Then as the door of the train opens, focus on your feelings (again). Are you about to cry out of joy? Make your first step as you go out. Then look around you and picture every detail of you want to see. Happy people around, clean surrounding, beautiful colors, sense the aura. Imagine if there will be people who will welcome you, see the happiness in their eyes, and feel the warmth of their embraces. That’s your destiny. Bottom line, visualize it up to the last detail.

What am I driving at? First, know where you want to go. This is always a personal decision. No one can make this for you. Write them down. Everything. Then to add flavor, make sure to include all the feelings. Im sure through the visualization exercise there would be different emotions so write them as well. Of course, you can do this to any of your goal or project. Along the way, there will be some distractions and lot of challenges. Part of the game. This thing that you have written will help you out.

Ok. Now I know what I should do. I have to clear the webs in my mind, cut the tall grasses and see once again the track I have prepared for my self and renew my commitment.

Next….. What to do while in the station?