2007-11-14 14:03:22 · 12 answers · asked by zingis 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Logic first, the foundation of success :
....can I do it?.....absolutely!....if "they" did it....so can I....Do I really want to do it....if "Yes" then it becomes my goal....NOT to be turned away from...I try to think ahead and make plans for success and avert any potholes in the road to success....
But it is really EMOTIONALITY that Keeps me Going....when the going gets especially tuff....I play an Irish song "I Am Ready for the Storm" as it gives me strength and fortitude and faith in myself in the wake of a troubling and unsettled Storm....I view myself as the heroine in a Novel that would be "My Life" and question myself about what the heroine of the story would do....not the loser....I do silly stuff like visualize the courage of the Christians as they walked into the Arena, facing lions and certain destruction...and I tell myself that what I am facing is just a piece of cake in comparison....I imagine myself as "Queen of It All" and know within myself that "giving up" is not an option....I imagine a crowd of Angels around me helping me go on.....if it is bad enough....I just count....and do so backwards if it is maddeningly difficult....I keep friends around who can engourage me and get me pumped up....I mourn incidental failures along the way, bind my wounds and get up to fight the battle again....Emotionally....once I have made a conscious choice to pursue a goal....I visualize that I have achieved the goal.....and I keep that vision alive....
2007-11-18 14:31:19 · answer #1 · answered by Goldberry 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Wow. I think you’ve just requested a definition for the indefinable, but I’ll crack my knuckles and give it a shot. (By the way, do Tigers even have this problem?)
I suspect the most valuable lesson I ever learned was my Mother’s belief that complaint without combat was most insubstantial material in the Universe. If she truly believes she is right, she will not stop fighting until it is impossible to go further. She keeps climbing the rungs of authority until someone gives her an agreeable answer. I’m serious. She’s already written to both the Pope and the President about the Catholic School Curriculum in her area. As soon as she finds God’s address, he’ll be getting a note as well. :-)
So my “practical” answer is: we fight because we believe the benefit of the result outweighs the exhaustive cost of fighting.
On a more idealistic level, however, I believe every person has a personal sense of “justice”. When it is violated, we are stirred to action. The emotion is not always “anger”, per se; in fact, it could just as easily be love. We keep fighting because we *can’t* do otherwise; injustice fills us with agitation (with perhaps a pinch of pride). So usually, when I feel like giving up, I do give up--temporarily. I sleep it off.
There’s nothing like rest to restore the soul to restlessness.
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P.S. When that doesn’t work, I still have a few songs up my sleeve…
“Neo”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=golCPnUiKv4
“Classic”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHJMp5bz9u8
2007-11-16 15:05:23 · answer #2 · answered by Ms Informed 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Your guess is as good as mine!?
The fact that i'm better off than a heluva lotta people just by having a house, being able to type right now and i have my health. What's there to keep me down??
2007-11-14 23:04:25 · answer #3 · answered by Miss Blue & Riley too. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I think I'm just plain stubborn, and I get angry when things are unfair. I know those are childish reflexes, but I can also be a pretty patient person.
2007-11-14 22:12:24 · answer #4 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Knowing that the end result could be the best thing for my future.
2007-11-14 22:07:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My goals and even the fact that things simply could get better (though they are not bad now.)
2007-11-14 22:06:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God keeps me going, He is the one that gives me hope even if all that i see all around me is dark and void. God is my source of strength when i am weak..
2007-11-14 22:07:31 · answer #7 · answered by cheegurl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowing that tomorrow has to be better because it can't get any worse. And knowing that if I need help, my family is there for me.
2007-11-15 22:40:11 · answer #8 · answered by Tigger 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
who keeps me going?
God, family and friends...
they are my source and strenght above anyone else.
who gets me fired up?
people who destroys others life, family, friendship. can't they be contented in their own life? and just mind their own business? that's ridiculous!
2007-11-14 22:14:13 · answer #9 · answered by luna 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God, my hubby, family, friends
And people like you that ask such neat questions. x
2007-11-14 22:58:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋