Latest / the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day / John Lennon - "There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love..."

Transcript

John Lennon - "There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love..." · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

• 0:00
  Dot com. Welcome to the Daily Quote, the
• 0:05
  podcast designed to kick start your day in a positive way.
• 0:10
  I'm your host, Andrew Mcgevern, and this episode is brought to
• 0:13
  you by the Great News Podcast. And I think you should listen
• 0:17
  because good news should be heard.
• 0:20
  And the link is right here in the show notes.
• 0:23
  Today's quote comes from John Lennon, Co founder of The
• 0:27
  Beatles, one of the most influential musicians and
• 0:31
  cultural voices of the 20th century, and a man who spent his
• 0:35
  life choosing love in a world that gave him plenty of reasons
• 0:41
  for fear. He once said there are two basic
• 0:47
  motivating forces, fear and love.
• 0:51
  When we are afraid, we pull back from life.
• 0:54
  When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with
• 1:00
  passion, excitement, and acceptance.
• 1:04
  This quote's a little bit long, but it's a good 1-2 forces.
• 1:11
  Every decision you make traces back to one of them.
• 1:15
  Fear pulls you back. It closes the door before you've
• 1:19
  seen what's on the other side. It keeps you in the job you've
• 1:24
  outgrown, the relationship pattern that you recognize, the
• 1:29
  version of yourself that feels safe because it's familiar.
• 1:34
  Fear isn't always loud. Often it's quiet and reasonable,
• 1:38
  dressed up as caution, practicality, and even patience.
• 1:43
  But its signature is always the same contraction, the smaller
• 1:49
  life, the pulled back hand. But love opens you up.
• 1:55
  Not romantic love specifically, but the broader love Lenin is
• 1:59
  pointing at the love of what you're building, the love of the
• 2:04
  people you're building it for, the love of who you're becoming.
• 2:09
  That force doesn't contract, it expands.
• 2:12
  It says yes to difficulty because the thing on the other
• 2:16
  side is worth it. It tolerates uncertainty because
• 2:20
  the direction is clear. Its signature is always the
• 2:24
  opposite of fears, openness, movement, life lived forward.
• 2:30
  Lenin knew both from the inside, a man who faced extraordinary
• 2:35
  public scrutiny, loss, and the special kind of isolation that
• 2:40
  comes with being one of the most famous human beings alive.
• 2:45
  And he still chose, again and again, to Orient toward love
• 2:50
  rather than retreat into fear. It was a decision he made daily.
• 2:56
  Here's what makes this useful. You can ask yourself, in any
• 2:59
  given moment, which force is driving the decision in front of
• 3:03
  you. Is it?
• 3:07
  Is this a love move or a fear move?
• 3:11
  Am I stepping forward or am I pulling back?
• 3:16
  Am I opening or contracting? The answer doesn't always change
• 3:21
  what you do, but knowing the answer tells you something
• 3:25
  important about who is actually making the decision, the part of
• 3:29
  you that's alive or the part of you that's afraid.
• 3:34
  So here's the question. The most important decision in
• 3:38
  front of you right now is it being shaped by love or by fear?
• 3:45
  Because both are always available, both will always be
• 3:49
  present. The question is simply which one
• 3:53
  you hand the wheel to. Choose the one that opens.
• 3:59
  Choose the one that moves you forward.
• 4:02
  Choose as Lenin did. Choose love.
• 4:08
  Love Is All you need. Or is it all you need is love?
• 4:14
  That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern, signing off
• 4:16
  for now, but I'll be back tomorrow.
• 4:21
  Same pod time, same pod station with another daily quote.