Some of my "Codes of Life"
Friday, November 10, 2006
John Boyer
I realize that every life is precious. Certain events can change everything in a matter of mere seconds. Life and the time we are here on earth are fragile and can be taken at any moment. One of my “philosophies” on life is to simply take what you are given and make the best out of it. Just like a lump of clay, life needs to be molded. Shaped into whatever you desire it to be. If you do not apply the time and energy needed to shape your vase or statue or whatever you choose to make, then it will collapse and leave you back at the beginning once again. That is just simple fact, something that children cannot realize but a wisdom that comes with age. I am sure as I get older I will see this even more clearly. I will see how the areas I have slacked off in affect my whole web of life. All the threads that create our life are affected by the choices made. I think that the freedom of choosing my own path in life also motivates me to do so. The thousands of possibilities of what I could become motivate me to actually strive to achieve at least one of those thousands of possibilities. That alone does not motivate me to get up out of bed everyday and complete my daily routines. To find everything that motivates me I would have to spend hours picking apart my own existence and there would still be a possibility that I missed some spark of motivation somewhere. So since I do not want to tear myself apart searching I will stick to the other basic motivators that come to the top of my head. I think that I am motivated to keep moving forward in life because I want to experience things. I want to grow into that wise old man who sits on his porch all summer long and gives you all the advice in the world. The one that no one really listens to until the knowledge is already of no more use. That is one thing that motivates me. Surprisingly I want to age, simply so I can teach others on my hard learned lessons. Also for some reason unknown to myself I am motivated to do what needs to be done. I know this is not always true for me, but sometimes I do wake up just to do what I need to. I don’t know why exactly. Maybe I like the little praise I get when I do well. That could be one factor or maybe I just do it to make myself feel good. I do not know but sometimes it is another motivator. Especially when I’m at work. I want to get everything I can done because I hate letting things build up and get out of control. I left out one of my biggest motivators. This is one that I am sure almost any healthy person has. The Motivation to keep on going, just to see the people who you love and care about. Direct family members, close friends and relatives, a lover or someone who doesn’t even notice you but you notice them in every aspect. Anyone without this motivator is probably in a serious state of depression. It keeps people like carpenters working all day. They break their back working just for their families and friends whom they love, whether they would admit it or not. I know this is a major motivator for me, though I postponed it for last. I know that personally many of the things I do I look for approval in my family, friends, and girlfriend. Most of the time I let on that I don’t care what anyone thinks. But in reality I do care at least to some point of what certain people think and it motivates me to try. They motivate me to wake up and go to school and work. I know that they love me back and their support is probably my biggest motivation. That is why I do what I do. These are a couple of probably hundreds of the reasons why I am who I am and why I do whatever it is that I may be doing.
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