A worthy motive would always have something to do with your current condition. It would either be something that gives you joy, or it would be something that gives you liberation. And even these two, after a point, you will see, are identical. It would either be something that gives you unconditional joy—purposeless joy. It is something you can do without getting any reward. If there is something that attracts you this way, then it's fit to be your goal.
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Acharya Prashant: Choose the goal properly. Let the goal be so compelling that the goal itself is a defense against distractions. If you choose a goal that's not worthy enough, it makes no sense to stay concentrated on it. You'll try a lot to concentrate on your goal, but you'll find that, invariably, you get distracted after a while.
That's not because the distractions are powerful; that's because your goal is powerless. So the goal has to be right. Don't talk so much about how you get distracted. Talk about how, first of all, you have made something into your goal. How has something become your target? How have you come to desire something?
If your goal-setting process is influenced from the outside, then your goal would never really be your own goal, and therefore, you will never feel internally, totally committed to it. You may persuade yourself toward the goal, but that persuasion cannot last long. It cannot have too much strength. You cannot drag a man to run a marathon. If he has to run a marathon, then the inspiration has to be internal. Can you imagine a man being dragged to complete a marathon? For how long will you drag him?
