We people, especially in Andhra, have an issue with motivation. Our motivation factors are most often wonky! This is not just a hunch but a time-tested and experientially verified fact (personally, though!).
As I sat for meditation this morning, an insight crossed my mind. In the Hindi / Telugu remake of the English movie Patch Adams, Munnabhai MBBS/Shankardada MBBS, like in the original English movie, the protagonist enters the medical college, but for very different reasons. Patch Adams enters the medical college because he is passionately in love with healthcare and medicine; he has a vision for the health of people, for which he believes medicine is but only one requirement. Though weird, by regular standards, his practice soon begins to bear fruit. Eventually he falls in love and pursues her and convinces her. However, in the regional remake of the movie, the reason the protagonist enters the medical college is to prove someone wrong!! He, of his own accord, has no passion or even liking for healthcare. Eventually he does some good and in the end all is fine.
But I'm asking myself what message are the youth being conveyed by this? Is motivation always from outside, the best motivation? What about 'seeking the spring' within? Why is it that the motivation for doing anything, if done at all, is sought in external factors? How about the fire within? What about quenching that 'fire within', rather than being driven by the 'heat outside'?
As I sat for meditation this morning, an insight crossed my mind. In the Hindi / Telugu remake of the English movie Patch Adams, Munnabhai MBBS/Shankardada MBBS, like in the original English movie, the protagonist enters the medical college, but for very different reasons. Patch Adams enters the medical college because he is passionately in love with healthcare and medicine; he has a vision for the health of people, for which he believes medicine is but only one requirement. Though weird, by regular standards, his practice soon begins to bear fruit. Eventually he falls in love and pursues her and convinces her. However, in the regional remake of the movie, the reason the protagonist enters the medical college is to prove someone wrong!! He, of his own accord, has no passion or even liking for healthcare. Eventually he does some good and in the end all is fine. But I'm asking myself what message are the youth being conveyed by this? Is motivation always from outside, the best motivation? What about 'seeking the spring' within? Why is it that the motivation for doing anything, if done at all, is sought in external factors? How about the fire within? What about quenching that 'fire within', rather than being driven by the 'heat outside'?
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