Passion. What’s the first thing that comes to mind?
Can you feel passion? Do you feel passion? Do you have one?
I was surprised to find out that not everyone has a passion.
Passions run a number of gamuts from music, painting, all kinds of arts, to gardening, beaching, hiking, the outdoor pursuits. Let’s add cooking, dancing, and the types of experiences we share with others. It might be in the work you do, or how you feel when serving.
Two words I heard most people say when asked about passion is intimate and thrilling, and they admitted it’s usually attached to the idea of love making.
There’s a difference between passion and a hobby. Hobbies are something we do to pass the time. Passions, we can’t do without. Hobbies are a great way to de-stress, passions are fulfilling. It’s not so much what you do, it’s how you feel when you’re doing it.
The kind of passion I’m thinking about is the type that has us totally involved in some part of life itself. It’s a feeling you can’t control because It controls you. You’re excited to get up in the morning. You can’t wait to get home and get lost in it. Passion doesn’t really have a goal attached to it because it’s never really over. the doing of it is the goal.
Passionate people are generally pretty optimistic. Their focus is on what can be rather than what is. They’re always chasing their next goal with the unwavering belief that they’ll achieve it.
Being passionate is the single greatest quality you can bring to any situation. Passion, by its very nature, is an exciting trait that motivates others. It’s highly respected by peers and it is one of the most commonly desired and admired attributes in society.
I think most people would love to be passionate about something, but don’t know where to start. Take a couple minutes and google passions. This will start to open your mind to either finding something you can get passionate about, or help you realize that you already are passionate about something, and that it is so much a part of you, you just didn’t notice.
One of my favorite quotes, this one from Howard Thurman says “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
What makes you come alive?
Can you feel it?
Go do that.
Just sayin’