diff --git a/.mikaela/motivational-message.txt b/.mikaela/motivational-message.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e9c9f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mikaela/motivational-message.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Motivational messages
+# Tavun OM värähtely poistaa ylpeyttä, MA kateutta, NI takertumista. PE
+# leikkaa tietämättömyyden läpi, ME hälventää ahneuden ja rintakehässä
+# värähtelevä HUNG muuntaa vihan.
+# 	Kuinka asiat ovat (s. 74-75) - Lama Ole Nydahl
+
+Aferoj emas funkcii sin mem...	OM MANI PEME HUNG...
+
+# Illusions I & II - Richard Bach
+	Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished:
+		If you’re alive, it isn’t.
+	You are a perfect expression of perfect Love, here and now.
+
+			Memoru ankauh
+	- Know fear. Face fears. Fluff the SPOTLIGHT EFFECT! Break the
+	  SPIRAL OF SILENCE!
+	- Act Like You Belong. And you shall belong.
+	- Leave the world a better place than you found it. Remember
+	  EMPATHY, SYMPATHY and COMPASSION! Let them lead you to KINDNESS!
+	- May your heart be your guiding key ;)
+	- MEMENTO VIVERE
+
+Make your tech grayscale painting your life with colours
diff --git a/rc/bashrc b/rc/bashrc
index 88d9b436..d0148f20 100755
--- a/rc/bashrc
+++ b/rc/bashrc
@@ -167,31 +167,8 @@ if hash lsb_release 2> /dev/null; then
 
 	# Only print motivational phrases if username is aminda or mikaela or deck
 	if [[ $(whoami) == aminda ]] || [[ $(whoami) == mikaela ]] || [[ $(whoami) == deck ]]; then
-		if hash python3 2> /dev/null; then
-			(
-				# Motivational messages
-				# Tavun OM värähtely poistaa ylpeyttä, MA kateutta, NI takertumista. PE leikkaa tietämättömyyden läpi, ME hälventää ahneuden ja rintakehässä värähtelevä HUNG muuntaa vihan.
-				# Kuinka asiat ovat (s. 74-75) - Lama Ole Nydahl
-				# Illusions I & II - Richard Bach were quoted as well
-				python3 -c 'print("""
-Aferoj emas funkcii sin mem...\tOM MANI PEME HUNG...
-
-\tHere is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished:
-\t\tIf you’re alive, it isn’t.
-\tYou are a perfect expression of perfect Love, here and now.
-
-\t\t\tMemoru ankauh
-\t- Know fear. Face fears. Fluff the SPOTLIGHT EFFECT! Break the
-\t  SPIRAL OF SILENCE!
-\t- Act Like You Belong. And you shall belong.
-\t- Leave the world a better place than you found it. Remember
-\t  EMPATHY, SYMPATHY and COMPASSION! Let them lead you to KINDNESS!
-\t- May your heart be your guiding key ;)
-\t- MEMENTO VIVERE
-""")'
-			)
-			printf "\tMake your tech grayscale painting your life with colours\n"
-
+		if [ -f $HOME/.shell-things/.mikaela/motivational-message.txt ]; then
+			tail -n +1 $HOME/.shell-things/.mikaela/motivational-message.txt | grep -v '#'
 		fi
 	elif [[ "$(id -u)" == "0" ]]; then
 		# This comes from Charybdis IRCd
diff --git a/rc/zshrc b/rc/zshrc
index f8061514..b4e816a4 100755
--- a/rc/zshrc
+++ b/rc/zshrc
@@ -63,30 +63,8 @@ if hash lsb_release 2> /dev/null; then
 
 	# Only print motivational phrases if username is aminda or mikaela or deck
 	if [[ $(whoami) == aminda ]] || [[ $(whoami) == mikaela ]] || [[ $(whoami) == deck ]]; then
-		if hash python3 2> /dev/null; then
-			(
-				# Motivational messages
-				# Tavun OM värähtely poistaa ylpeyttä, MA kateutta, NI takertumista. PE leikkaa tietämättömyyden läpi, ME hälventää ahneuden ja rintakehässä värähtelevä HUNG muuntaa vihan.
-				# Kuinka asiat ovat (s. 74-75) - Lama Ole Nydahl
-				# Illusions I & II - Richard Bach were quoted as well
-				python3 -c 'print("""
-Aferoj emas funkcii sin mem...\tOM MANI PEME HUNG...
-
-\tHere is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished:
-\t\tIf you’re alive, it isn’t.
-\tYou are a perfect expression of perfect Love, here and now.
-
-\t\t\tMemoru ankauh
-\t- Know fear. Face fears. Fluff the SPOTLIGHT EFFECT! Break the
-\t  SPIRAL OF SILENCE!
-\t- Act Like You Belong. And you shall belong.
-\t- Leave the world a better place than you found it. Remember
-\t  EMPATHY, SYMPATHY and COMPASSION! Let them lead you to KINDNESS!
-\t- May your heart be your guiding key ;)
-\t- MEMENTO VIVERE
-""")'
-			)
-			printf "\tMake your tech grayscale painting your life with colours\n"
+		if [ -f $HOME/.shell-things/.mikaela/motivational-message.txt ]; then
+			tail -n +1 $HOME/.shell-things/.mikaela/motivational-message.txt | grep -v '#'
 		fi
 	elif [[ "$(id -u)" == "0" ]]; then
 		# This comes from Charybdis IRCd