Food for your soul

Motivation and passion?

Motivation comes from individuals or your own achievements. Passion stem out from the individual in areas of serving God, volunteerism or at work or your own goals you want to achieve.

For example, one volunteer started his/her volunteer work in one community service. Initally, he/she does not know whether volunteerism is her/his calling. When the person is engrossed in doing many things for the community services with her/his giving heart, he/she will feel the sense of achievement from the work done in community services. Hence it sparks off the passion in her/his heart to continue his/her calling.

Therefore she/he finds the motivation in the service of volunteerism. Motivation does not mean that it comes from passion. People around her/his also play the role in bringing the passion to higher calling.

If the people are like-minded in serving with the giving heart without uttering compliants or share the same passion, motivation starts to form. The person will feel the sense of belonging because she/he knows that there are support from other people. People can support one another when in times of troubles or weariness or oberburnt.

Being supportive will motivate the person to stay in line of her/his passion to achieve more.

The environment does play a role too. For example, volunteers are caring and supportive despite the landscape of politics conflicts. It is good because people knows that they are united in team spirit despite the difference in view points or personality.

It taught me many lessons as i went along managing my dragon boat team. I know that the team is growing but the lessons i draw are the support and team being united to work towards the common goal, to have a great race that each person will not forget.

My goal for SAVA Sprint race will not be about winning. I want to make things happen that people will not forget. SAVA Sprint race should be the memorable race for everyone to experience how to row with visually handicapped and deaf people.

posted by citrusby @ 8/02/2006 09:33:00 PM