JE09 Motivation

           The authors of the stories and poems I read grew up under a religious society. I believe their families were all very devout to their religion beliefs and always told them why and how was it important. They grew up learning these ideas and thus regarded as the truth. What motivated them were probably the morality and the corruption of the society. I think the authors were all well educated so they had higher standards of thinking and behavior. There are many rules in religions. Some sacred books tell people how to behave well to get rid of the sins. Different authors convey their beliefs in different ways. For example, Anne Bradstreet strongly emphasized the power of God that He has the right to take everything away from us.

           My behavior is not really guided by a set of beliefs. But I do have my own set of principles of behaving under different circumstances. Sometimes my beliefs influenced me as well. Basically, my principles are: not to harm people, to consider other’s positions, and bring joy without violating morality. There’re also a lot more in details about my principles, but usually I do things depend on my instincts. Though sometimes it leads to a bad solution, my behaviors are mostly fine.