I was just wondering… What makes people move and act towards their goals and aspirations?what drives their motivation to do the things they love?  What makes them love what they’re doing?  And by that I don’t mean their jobs, I mean the things which make them smile and where they lose track of time and place and just… be. 

I’m still trying to figure out what really drives me. I know I like a whole lot of things, but essentially I think I love knowledge and particularly useful knowledge, not trivia or useless knowledge which won’t benefit anyone.  That’s one thing that keeps me going, striving for more and better things.

My question is… where does that come from?  Is it genetic? Do we learn it from our parents, relatives and friends as we’re growing up?  Is it inherent or learned?  Do we just try everythign we can when we’re little in order to stumble across that one thing which makes our hearts sing and suddenly we’re wondering what we were doing with our lives when we could’ve been doing… THIS.