Years ago, when, I was in the ranks of the Nation of Islam in
my hometown (San Diego, CA.) My first Captain, a Brother name Robert Muhammad would
ask us, the F. O. I. (Fruit of Islam), who Motivates The Motivator? We would pop
to attention and say in UNITY, “me, myself, and Allah!”
Our captain, Brother Robert was teaching us that the Motivator
is Motivated by himself or herself and with the God within. As the group Mary Mary
song: “God In Me.” They were stating the God within themselves inspires and motivates
them.
Les Brown says in his book: (Live Your Dreams) “When you get
discouraged-and you will-it takes hunger to develop the course to try again and
again and never quit. Some people are naturally hungry. Some have hunger imposed
upon them by circumstances. If you are not naturally motivated, you are going to
have to learn how to make yourself hungry.” – Les Brown
As, I previously wrote in my last blog I was motivated to go
back to college five years ago. I was motivated from getting overlooked several
times, when, it came to promoting someone. I was motivated by my growing family
(my daughters), the youth (I mentored) with my nonprofit business, and I was motivated
by my financial circumstances.
We all need some inspiration and motivation. I wrote down my
short-term goals and my long-term goals. I keep these goals on a piece of paper
in my wallet. I look at these goals every now and then, so I can check them off
as I complete them. Every few years, I update them and I add more.
I also use my past as motivation. I have shared in a previous
blog as a youngster, I journeyed down the path of gangs and I was introduced to
all that came with that path. Through the Nation of Islam, I found a different path
and that path helped to inspire me and motivate me to change my life for the better.
I have family members and friends who chose to continue down
the wrong path that led some of them to prison and some to the grave….
That has also became a motivation to me. I think about those
certain family members and friends and what their lives became. So, when, I am feeling
down or feeling like I may want to give up. I ask myself, “Who Motivates The
Motivator?”
The motivator within me, motivated me to go back to college to
get my associates, bachelors, and masters degree. At this time of writing, I am
looking to return to get my doctorate degree and hopefully in a few years, if, I
am still writing this blog, I will write about completing it.
Our journeys are not always ease or the way we may like them
to be but we must continue on and when we are feeling drained and wanting to
give up, we must ask ourselves, “Who Motivates The Motivator?”
