Life Lesson #10: Passion

What is your passion?

I ask this question to you as much as I ask it of myself. For so long, I believed that writing was my passion. Writing allows me to be free, it allows me to use that voice that I sometimes don’t use when I’m face to face with people. I am bold and outspoken when I write, and my pen is mighty. There was a time when I felt like I was outside of myself when I wrote, like something took over when I was in a zone and fully into the world I was writing about.

I’ve often read that your passion dominates your mind; it is often the first thing on your mind when you awake and the last thing you think of before you drift off to sleep. I can attest to that…there are times when I am shaken out of my sleep by the urge to put pen to pad. There are times when sleep eludes me because of the urge to transform the thoughts in my mind to words.

What is your passion?

Ultimately, your passion may not necessarily be your purpose. But it can be your portal to determining what your purpose is, which may open up a whole new world to you that you never thought possible. It is all about dreams and shooting for the moon and jumping out of your box. One of my favorite quotes comes from one of my favorite people, Oprah Winfrey:

“We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”

The one thing that I’ve learned is that you cannot run from your passion. You can attempt to ignore it, but it will never die. There will always be something that ignites the eternal light that burns within you to pursue your passion…it really is up to you whether or not you grab the baton and run with it.

What is your passion?

It will not be easy. You will be knocked down and around, but you must always keep focused on the goal. Again, I write this as much for you as I do for myself. Do you ever get the feeling that you are on the cusp of something major in your life? That is how I feel right now. And I needed to hear these words, so I’m telling them to myself. Actually, I’m not…they are coming from my help above. Quite frankly, I don’t think you can get anywhere without faith. I don’t knock any one’s beliefs, but I know that I place my trust and faith in the Lord who wakes me in the morning and sets me on my way. I know that he has promised me something better…and in order to get to that something better, I must put my faith in action. I can’t sit by idly and wait for him to deliver. We have all been given special gifts to share…and I am ready to share mine.

Are you ready to share yours?

Peace…