What motivates you?

It was "Bestfriend's Day" yesterday so my sister (she's 10!) wrote a letter to her best friend. Me. My sister is one of the greatest loves of my life. She is, in many ways, the motivation behind most of my goals. It's nice to be reminded that I have someone to live for and that certain someone believes in me.

Anything Could Happen

Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life – well, valuable, but small – and sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it, or because I haven’t been brave? So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn’t it be the other way around? I don’t really want an answer. I just want to send this cosmic question out into the void. So good night, dear void.

-- "Kathleen Kelly", You’ve Got Mail (1998)