Who motivates the motivator?

After having read all these wonderful articles and texts, I cannot help but think of what I learned in my mission regarding the importance of planning, setting proper goasl and work hard to achieve them. It is so easy to feel distress; trying to get the motivation from inner self I believe is one the hardest challenges any human being has to face. Sadly, we have seen family and friends leaving this state of probation because they were not able to muster the enough courage to face and defeat their conflicts.

I testify the best way to motivate ourselves is the Lord through His Spirit. There is no better influence than the Holy Ghost. Members of the Church have been able to defeat the deepest depressed states because of that. My mother is one of them. She was going through a very serious depressing state, she thought nobody loved her, and considered to commit suicide. What made her change her thinking? It was a couple of missionaries who told her about a Heavenly Father and His Son, her brother Jesus Christ. They told her she was loved by them and great things were waiting for her if she decided to live the Gospel. And she did. And through hard work, serving a full time mission, being sealed in the temple and doing her best to keep her family strong and united has brought so much happiness to both her life and the lives of others. She knew how to motivate herself, with the help of God, and now she is one of the many cases who have been able to achieve all  of her goals, setting an example worthy to be imitated.