Who do i think i am?

It's so easy to believe that inspiration and motivation are the same, we often use the two words interchangeably but do they really mean the same thing? Not in the slightest ! I've come to realise that these two are worlds apart. Inspiration is felt and received while motivation is constructed and imposed. Not so long ago I wasn't privy to the subtle distinction between the two either. A significant amount of the action I was engaged in was more motivated than inspired. I believed in doing stuff  I didn't necessarily want to do so long as they would give me what I wanted-never has an unhappy journey resulted in a happy ending but I didn't know this. I had convinced myself that there would be no gain without pain and struggle was just part of the creating process. And so, struggle I did! While my efforts yielded a lot of what you might call achievements, none of these measure up to what I now know could've been achieved from an inspired place. I believe...