How do we get the desire to reach higher?
Cultivating desire has long been a challenge for therapists in their patients, the will to do things differently. What we desire most is going to affect our mental health, particularly if it something we don't have or something we perceive to be unattainable. With the desire to win you will win. If you desire a text from your lover when you are running a marathon more than reaching the finishing line first, common sense tells us you should give up running.
We are all guilty of confusing desire with greed or even need. You want to be thin but you also want to eat the fridge. Desire is to decide which one you want more.
Examples
- You desire low cholesterol more than you desire lashings of fresh cream.
- You desire a clear head more than you desire the hangover.
- You desire to grow old gracefully more than you desire plastic surgery.
Life is not something you can just cop out of. We must recognise if our desire is to always take the short-cut “the cream cake” we are useless in life and have failed. Mastering living and desire to succeed takes time, dedication and most importantly will. No goal is unrealistic if it is true to you.
Getting the desired result in your everyday life is the key to your happiness. We must learn the tools to connect who we think we are to our behaviour and build an unbreakable bridge between thought and action excluding the opinions and truth of others. The principle being, you cannot participate in a team until you know and understand the rules of the game. You have learn how to develop some skills to contribute to the end result or you are useless. When the desire to do something comes over you, that takes you away from your goal, learn to pull yourself back for a few moments of thought and then ask yourself
It's a two step process. Make a choice, own your choice, tell yourself you have made the choice and then stick to it. This thinking behaviour is cultivating desire to succeed.
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