What Drives You?

Something wonderful, something hidden. A gift unique to you. Find it. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is Skylar and her very-zen self as she takes in life on the Malibu beach She loved the surf and would frequently burrow her nose in the sand.  She always seemed to wear a sand-nose most of the time! While Coco in the background is chasing the tide. Their drive? Their love of adventure and nature! 🐾

Life is a gift. It’s what feeds your soul. It’s truly that simple. Many take it for granted, float through their days, and wonder why they feel empty. I certainly did for a very long time and not consciously meaning to either.

You need to know your “drive”. A catalyst in making your dreams come true is knowing what drives you. So, it’s important to figure out what makes you want to get up in the morning, every morning!

A good way to find what drives you is to find what you love doing and match those things with what you are good at doing. This will lead you towards your personal passions in life which, together form your drive.

Passions supersede time. They outlive anything physical because it comes from the heart. Passions integrate every experience so that you carry on inspiration and have the know-how to make it through any kind of situation.

People and pets and nature are not necessarily your drive. They are more probably your passions. However, they are necessary catalysts that fuel your drive.

Even when you’ve found your drive, your view on life is a reflection of how you perceive the world.  So, if you’ve tapped into a series of seemingly bad days upon bad days, you must change your perception to steer your drive in the right direction.

Quantum physics shows that what we see, we experience first in our minds. Because what we are seeing are merely molecules of light/energy and our minds put together an image. 

So get good at seeing and feeling what it’s like in your mind first what you want to see in the world. Thirst for that feeling “good” feeling. Drink it up! Lap it up! Swim in that “feel good”! The day you start to soak in that feel good, is the day you decide the gift of life is yours. You’ve got it right now. Allow it all in.

The practice of being thankful is the ultimate form of receivership.  Before you know it, you will be experiencing an amazing life full of amazing adventures.  If you’re really lucky, you’ll have amazing animals guiding you along the way … forever.

This is one lesson in life that doesn’t go away. If you don’t follow your heart, your passion, your drive, you will live frustrated.

I heard one time that our very cells depend on “us” to feed them. It might sound silly, but on a very core level, it is true. And, when you care enough about yourself, you start feeding everything about yourself. Really good things too!

Be good to yourself. Find yourself daydreaming about everything you love doing, then do them. Quit “nightmare-ing”! That’s the other end of the stick of daydreaming by the way!

I once heard that if you don’t care about what you do, how do you expect anyone else to? This is why people that know what drives them, don’t quit.

“Nothing becomes real till it is experienced.” – John Keats

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz is an easy read but packed with extremely valuable lessons to help you find and nourish what drives you.