Motivation!

Let me start this post with a personal story

December 2006. High school was finishing for me and I had my graduation party coming. My classmates and I were so worried about it. We wanted so badly everything to be perfect. It was going to be our last night together, quite an important event. Our thoughts were entirely on that. When the party finally passed and we celebrated also Christmas and New Year ’s Eve I realized that it was already January, even worst, that I only had two months left to decide what I wanted to study, what I wanted to be in life! Nothing inspired me.

Talking about it with my dad one very hot afternoon he suggested that I should try a cooking course since I had always loved cooking. So I did it. Nevertheless, I never felt motivated enough as to truly believe that I could be a chef one day, somehow I could not forthsee that in my future, so I quitted.

December 2007. I found myself in the same position that I was at the beginning of that year, not knowing what to do with my life. The days were passing so fast and I was overwhelmed by the idea that I was never going to find my course in life. But my mom spoke this time. She suggested that I should try learning English. Certainly, I had always loved cooking but I didn’t have great expectations as regards it. So my mom remembered me how good I was in English at school and the times I used to teach my classmates or my sisters the language. In any case, the two of us had a very long talk about that one day and the words that she dedicated to me at were really motivating. She said that no matter what I chose to study I should never stop studying. She said she wanted me to be someone in life, not like her who never had the opportunity to finish school (I never thought she was nobody for not studying but she felt like that). Thanks to her I am where I am now and already teaching!

Long story for an introduction, but it was not my intention to use it as an introduction since I am sure that while you were reading you could think of someone or maybe something that motivated you in any aspect of your life. And if the story was not enough I want you to take a look at the next pictures and reflect upon them.

These are quite inspiring people but... Despise their restrictions, what motivated them to go on with their lives as normal as possible?

Now tell me, what or who motivates you?