What motivates you?

I can get motivated by an inspiring quote that triggers me to ponder more deeply or by reading an exciting, gripping book that inspires me to write a story or a poem.

These are the printed versions of motivation tools, meaning they go from the eye to the brain, where the process starts, and boom- your motivation gets triggered.

But for me, there is a more direct motivation, a journey that enters from the ear and ends directly in the heart. Guess what?

Listening to music when I listen to music, all my senses and emotions are aroused, especially when the lyrics touch me and express some experiences I have had in my life. Of course, the rhythm of the sound of music is also essential. Generally, when a song profoundly touches me, I get entirely motivated to overcome any hurdles or difficulties, and it pushes me to stay optimistic, progress, and look forward, even though sometimes the song I like is kind of sad.

In the last few days, I have listened to a Greek song whose lyrics depict my emotional state as a child/teenager. How I was, I thought and dreamed. And to be honest, I still have this inner child in me, and this is what helps me with my creative motivation and expression.

The title of the song is “Daydreamer”, performed by Giorgos Sampanis. I have posted the English version of the lyrics.

Daydreamer

By nature I was a daydreaming

child

I was looking for rain in the clouds

I was never afraid of it

and I was in a hurry, waiting for

the sun before it comes out

I was gazing horizons far away

and my heart was the compass in my mind.

Mishap

every mistake is a lesson

every misstep

had a price

Mishap

and lesson after lesson

I was growing taller

I was flying above the earth

Everything brought me to you

lost or won

when trains are delayed

you’ll be my station

lost or won

You’ll have me by your side

dreamy journeys are done only by the bold ones

And as I remained a daydreaming

child

a faulty character that is

always defying logic

as long as I was challenging life itself

I was a winner

and when I was thinking about it twice

happy times became a poison in my heart.

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