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Motivation I

by Richard Brownkatz

Lot's of people write about getting, keeping, and maximizing motivation to exercise.

People read magazines, watch videos, follow heroes, play certain music, focus on their goals. chant affirmations...and on and on to get themselves to feel like exercising.

And that's great. Motivation's terrific. Nothing better than feeling like you can't wait to hit the gym. 

But those days will come when you just don't feel motivated, when just thinking of going to the gym sounds exhausting, when excuses pour out of you, when your to do list swells, and, and, and ...

 Consider:

"Love is the will to extend oneself to nurture the spiritual growth of oneself and others." M. Scott Peck The Road Less Traveled.

Notice carefully what this says love is.

The will - not the feeling like. It's a choice.
 

To extend oneself - to go further, stretch some, to work.
 

To nurture - to help grow, to use some energy.
  

The Spiritual Growth - how's that go? Which spiritual tradition?

In almost every tradition, there is something about taking care of the basics fits. "Feed my sheep." "Chop wood, carry water."
   

And look who you do this for first.

In short, love is to choose to do some work using some energy to help yourself grow.

So when the day comes you just don't feel like it, maybe in fact you dread it, consider that definition of love, then choose, and go exercise.

Afterwards, that's when you'll love it.

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