What is your motivation that keeps you going?

United States
April 14, 2010 4:26am CST
Through all the hard times and trials of life often times a person feels like giving in or giving up. What motivates you to keep going despite the pain and suffering? What drives you or to keep on trudging along despite the hardships?
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• Philippines
14 Apr 10
What keeps me going despite the hardships is my family. Whenever i think of them, i suddenly feel this desire to keep going despite the discouragements or criticisms i recieve.
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• United States
25 Apr 10
You need to keep your family proud and to make them happy. I hope that you make the right decisions in life, so that you become successful and make them proud. My family also makes me want to be motivated because they all worked hard to help me get to where I am in life. I do not want to waste my parent's money when they provided me a good education. =)
@sukumar794 (5040)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
14 Apr 10
Beyond doubt it is HOPE and only HOPE which keeps things moving...the hope to achieve ...the hope to relieve problems...the hope to be peaceful. It is HOPE all the way.
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• United States
25 Apr 10
I HOPE that life will turn out to be okay for me and my problems and also for all those I care about. HOPE sounds more like prayer, a prayer to God. I need to pray more for His help. Sorry for the late response. I don't even know if you'll ever get this but I HOPE you do. =)
@megamatt (14290)
• United States
14 Apr 10
There are many things that motivate me to keep going in life. And believe me, there could be many reasons for me to decide to throw in the towel and just call it a day. However, I keep pressing on despite the cards, that are a lot of the times harsh, that life has decided to give me. It can be tough but focusing on what is going right instead of what is going wrong can go a long way towards pulling myself up and keeping going forward. Plus as bad as things are going, there is always a chance that it could be worse. Much worse, as I do not doubt that no matter what my life deals me, that there is someone else who is worse off. I assume that those people are also pushing themselves forward and that will help to inspire me to get above my now modest troubles. Just remember, as dark as it is for you, it is always much darker for someone else. So in the end, I just keep going, because things will turn around eventually. It might take a while for sure. However, are they going to turn around because I am just sitting there pretty much limited by the hardships? No, of course not. So the only way to make things better is to put the best face forward. Hopefully things will turn around for the better eventually.
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
16 Apr 10
Motivation that keeps me going is my family and friends. They are my strength on time of needs! They have been my inspiration in struggle with life's trial.
@ada8may21 (2404)
• Philippines
14 Apr 10
Its my son that keeps me motivated to go on with my life and continue striving more and more to survive all this hardship. Because I have little angel who is depending on me.
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• United States
25 Apr 10
I'm glad that your son keeps you going and that you work hard for him. Keep up the good work and I hope that all goes well for you. Sorry for the late response. =)
@worldview (105)
• India
13 May 10
Motivation has a lot to do with feelings, it's typically a case of how you feel. What this implies is that you can also get yourself to feel motivated anytime you would like by mastering your emotions, facing the challenges of life head on, connecting with smart people, and private positive outlook.
@Dumpertaker (1187)
14 Apr 10
Two things keep me motivated... Firstly, my beautiful Cuddle Bunny, I never want to let her down. I have done so once, and I lost her for 10 years, I never want that to happen ever again. Secondly, my father. He was abusive to me and always told me that I was useless and would amount to nothing...I will; prove him wrong every time.
• Philippines
14 Apr 10
although many complain about life being difficult. it is important to belittle the pain for nothing can be achieved of being passive.
• Philippines
14 Apr 10
Compare your life to the less fortunate than you are and you will feel blessed.
@setsuna26 (2748)
• Philippines
14 Apr 10
I tend to give myself a reward for just bout anything i do, like for example if i want to gain weight, i condition myself that if i gained weight for this certain amount of time i will treat myself in this particular spa, i know it sounds absurd but thats how i motivate myself.I give myself some kind of pleasure if i will be able to accomplish something .Tried it before and it worked lol or sometimes you can also ask a friend to motivate you like say for them to keep an eye of me and tell me to keep doing what i started so that i wont lose interest in whatever i want to achieve
@greyz7 (859)
• Philippines
14 Apr 10
hi there, the motivation that keeps me going despite of this so-called Mysterious life is my constant communication with GOD..He is above all my confidant..and i am glad i have also a best friend..