Motivational
Did I get your attention with the title?
This is exactly the kind of manipulation a lot of writers and bloggers go through to get attention, and sometimes they’re arguing for arguments sake. I recently saw a similar title on another blog…by a motivational speaker, no less! I was astounded.
She was was tired of people coming to her saying they had left their job, wife, husband, friend, hubby since they’d lost their passion. She didn’t believe that passion was something that could be lost or found. To this comment I say, it is ABSOLUTELY something that can lost or found.
To check my own understanding of the word, I looked up its definition. Passion is defined on the Princeton.edu site as, “a strong feeling or emotion.” So, let’s ask the question, can you find or loose a feeling? Have you ever found love, and lost it later? Have you ever found happiness or sadness? If you have a family, did you feel strongly about your newborn child on his or her birthday? Do you feel strongly about your artistic tendencies? The answer to all of these is likely a resounding, “YES!”
So, why ignore that we have strong feelings about various events, people, acts in our lives? Why would we feel annoyed when someone tells us they’ve lost their passion for a certain part of their life? We shouldn’t. We should instead embrace the feeling and encourage ourselves, family, friends and even complete strangers to pursue and find their passions, even if those passions change as our lives do.
…And forget about all authors, orators, and otherwise attention-starved maniacs who tell you finding your passion is a bogus idea!
Pursue, find, and enjoy all your passions, all the time!
What Do You Think?
What do you feel passionate about? Share them below.
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I enjoyed reading your viewpoint on passion and agree that emotions are more complex and ever changing within the details of our lives.
Veda,
I'm glad you liked the perspective. I thank you for reading and commenting.
Fear. I think that's the reason people don't pursue their passions. Take my case for example: Although I am not a chef, I am passionate about cooking and its way of connecting people at an emotional level. However, sometimes fear of the unknown holds me back from trying new flavors, making new recipes and sharing my enjoyment with others. Thanks for an uplifting and encouraging perspective. We all need to hear that from time to time!
I couldn't agree with you more. I had written an brief exerpt about a book I read a few months ago on my website: http://www.thegainfulentrepreneur.com/
It was scheduled for release tomorrow 7/30/10 but I decided to release it today so I could share it with you.
Ferchie,
Thank you for reading and your comment.
You make an excellent point. We're often too fearful of what we could lose, rather than focus on achieving the dreams. In fact, the focus on the fear could become so great that it makes the fear a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The key, I think, is to focus on the positive and let it be the self-fulfilling prophecy.
Think positive and live the dreams. Follow your passion and don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.
Thank you again for reading and commenting.
Matthew,
Thank you for your comment and posting the link to your blog.