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Of motivations lost....

Sometimes, we lose track of where we are supposed to be heading. There comes a point along the journey, where each small hill seems like a mountain, when you feel tired and without enough motivation to face it. And you start missing the times when the road was easy and downhill, and the Universe seemed to conspire to help us along it, when everything was easy and no challenge was difficult enough.

And you start asking yourself if heading along this road was a good decision in the first place. If you should just stop and head back and start a different journey. Or just stop there at the cross-road and head to nowhere.

The worst part is when this feeling starts to spread like a virus to other areas of your life. And you feel tired even to fight this.

"I'm so tired, my mind is on the blink..."

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  1. CypFebruary 7, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    I feel completely in sync with what you're feeling Mark! Passing through such a patch too! But hey, chin up, look back at what you achieved, use it to spur you on and crash through the wall between you and your dreams!
    Ejja Mark - fight on! the view from the top is far better! ;)

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  2. Mark Anthony SammutFebruary 7, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    Thanks for your comment Cyp, and sorry for not replying earlier. I look forward to that view from the top :) and in the meantime, the longer it takes to get there, the more beautiful it would be :)

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