Because you feel afraid of punishment?

Because you don't want someone to get angry?

Because you want someone's approval?

Because you want a reward?

Because you want a "good" grade?

 

Because you feel obligated?

Because you believe it is your "duty"?

Because you will feel guilty if you don't do it?

 

Because you are afraid of rejection or abandonment?

Because you are afraid of getting kicked out of your house or expelled from school?

Because you are afraid of not getting a job?

Because someone told you to do it?

 

To try to stop your emotional pain?

To try to fill the emptiness?

 

Or, because it is what you really want to do, and it is something the world really needs, and it is something that gives you a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment?

S. Hein