Motivation? Having some freedom at this stage of my life has caused me to reflect on motivation--the different forms, the ups and downs that accompany self-motivation (perhaps the only kind there really is), and people's reaction to varying types of motivation.

I need to be inspired. I think many people are suffering from lack of inspiration. In my previous post, I wrote about the 'drift' that has set in regarding church services. My wife noted that what I was really missing was inspiration. Inspire me for Christ's sake!

I have to periodically expose myself to inspirational quotations, movies, pictures, and books. I realize that it's my responsibility to keep up with this (even though I love to blame other people!). I have to feed my mind the fuel to keep going.

Read this from General Patton. “Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired. You’ve always got to make the mind take over and keep going.”