It really depends on what the motivation is, doesn’t it?
It also depends on what we are talking about? Something good? Something bad?
Pick a topic…
For example, we might say something like, “Wow, that person has really lost weight!“
Is that good?
Maybe it is. Maybe it isn’t.
Doesn’t it depend on the context? For example, what if the weight loss is a consequence of cancer?
And, doesn’t it depend on the motivation? Is the weight-loss a function of a lifestyle choice that someone has made? What if it was a consequence of anxiety?
We often don’t really know, do we?
Rather than dump us into some kind of broad-based 'I give up, then' equivocation, perhaps acknowledging these realities can actually put us in a more helpful position, a different place to start from...whatever it is that we're talking about.
Because, maybe it is. But, maybe it isn’t.
