Motivation!

It's so Ironic to me the way motivation comes.... Often people, or should I say I, am motivated out of the determination to overcome other people's expectations...Everyone has those, life-changing moments when the most important thing is to make sure that your "enemy" isn't proven right, so you go ALL out in defeat. Other times Motivation comes from jealousy and the need to want to seem "as important" or more successfully than someone else. But then, there's just that natural motivation. When you're motivated to do something just because it's right ( or because Jesus says so ). It's kind of like, when you're sitting down watching TV, and the picture of the little boy with an extended stomach (personally it took me a long time to figure out, that it was air and they weren't fat LOL) anyways....The kid is on the screen, and usually the little kid isn't wearing any clothes, and flies are sitting on him and your heart melts....If your heart doesn't melt that's kind of whack, I mean how could it not..... I remember being younger, and asking my mom If I could "send my bed" overseas to an orphanage....Everyone has that kind of "organic" motivation right?
So my question is, is it ok to have wrong motivations as long as the result is the same?..... I could decide to try and help all of those little kids, seriously trying to be loving and caring. Someone else could do the same, because their neighbor just told them that they never show love to anything. Another person could do the same also, because their best friend did, and they don't want to seem any less caring than that person..... But is it still the same... Yes the kids are sponsored, and "somewhat" more comfortable but is that really right? The Bible says in 1Corinthians 13, " If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere." I guess you really have to know what love is.. So many people do things out of Ironic motivations unconsciously. No one looks in the mirror in the morning and says, "Today I'll do something great, with the wrong motivation." It never happens that way, it's just one of those freak things that sneaks up on you....... Somehow we all need to try our best to control our responses to situations, so we don't act out of selfish motivations......We are the Cornerstone of the Church, everything is built on us, because no matter how strong or big the church is, if we're not steady it will all fall down...... But, the coolest thing is that no matter what we do, "All things work together for good for those who love the Lordand are called according to his purpose." But does that mean it's ok to be tearing up inside, but putting out a good product?
These are just some things I've been wondering about, I see it happening all the time...
A lot of people don't like to talk about it, in fear that it will change the outcome, or in fear of confrontation. But I think it's really important to understand. So that's what I'm trying to do, drop me a note and let me know what you think!
Love to All!

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