I seem to have lost all my motivation and energy after many attempts at job hunting. The feeling inside me is just frustration. During this time, I followed my intuition and searched for the word “mission” in the eBook “The 64 Ways: Personal Contemplations on the Gene Keys”, written by Richard Rudd. To me, the books written by Richard Rudd are like the Bible, showing me direction for my life. I always gain profound insights from these books.
I found the following sentence from the book, which really motivates me:
I’m not so impressed by the impeccable saint.
I’m more impressed by the fallen saint who picks him/herself up after they’ve fallen, and still keeps their heart open.
Those who can fall and lift themselves back up again.
And the poem “If”, written by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:
I have found that gaining insights and motivational slogans from someone you respect or truly believe, such as a teacher, can provide you with strong motivation.