Motivation

Motivation is everything in life. It is actually more important than what you choose to do in some ways. So, getting to the root of what moves you forwards in life might be important. Without proper motivation people get nowhere in life because without proper motivation one does not steel themselves to move forward on the motivation no matter what. So, all forward moves wind up going sideways or worse.

So, motivation like "I want to sail my boat from San Diego to San Francisco" allows one to actually accomplish this. Without the proper motivation you cannot organize to actually make something happen in the short or long term.

Also, motivation might be: "I want to develop compassion for myself and all mankind and all life in the universe".

This motivation likely is the most powerful motivation of all because it tends to move all beings towards a more happy compassionate and enlightened state including oneself.

In fact I would say here that there is absolutely no limit to what one can accomplish in one life time with this type of motivation towards themselves and all beings on earth and throughout the universe.

So, finding a useful and good motivation is one of the most important things one ever does in life. Because it defines what is going to happen during your lifetime.

So, just like: "I want to sail my boat from San Diego to San Francisco" will make that happen, having compassion for yourself and all beings takes you and everyone to a better state of life and being in this lifetime as well.