Passions

What motivates you?....Really think about it for a second and think about the motivators in your life.  Is it money?  Is it your children or spouse, or perhaps other relationships?  What about religion, or standards?  These all are very good and common things that motivate us all.  Although these are prominent in our lives, I believe the biggest thing that motivates us is our passion.  Some of the things I mentioned can be the things that we are passionate about, but that is why they motivate us.  There is no way parents would do what they do if they didn’t love their children and passionate about their success.

Just as the quote above says, these things that we are passionate about are not random.  We may think that we choose what we are passionate about, but if you think about what you loved as a child. Most of what we love today was something that we had a deep desire of as a child.  If it wasn’t something you loved as a child, how did you know you were passionate about it?  Most people would say that they didn’t know they loved it, until they tried it or stumbled upon it.  With certain things, your heart just takes hold to it, and it’s all you want to do.  If there wasn’t a deep desire in our hearts, we wouldn’t put our heart in it.  All of these feelings and passions that we have are not random, they are a part of us.  If you ask a painter, why they paint, it’s because they put a part of themselves in their art. The same will occur if you ask a dancer, a doctor, a business professional, or even a high school basketball player.  These passions are our calling in life.

We need to embrace our passions! These aren’t just petty interests that we love or want to do.  They truly are our calling in this life.  Not everyone can do what we can, or even if they can, they can’t do it the way we can.  Was Van Gogh a great artist?  Yes…does that mean that Michelangelo wasn’t? No, it just means that they are different.  Don’t let fear get in your way of following your passions.  It may be different than what has been done before, but that is what makes it beautiful! That is what makes it yours.

If you don’t know what you are passionate about, look around. Try new things. Like I mentioned above, there are a lot of people that didn’t know they loved what they love until later in life when they stumbled upon it.  This happened to me. I love to write, but when I was younger I didn’t even like to read, non-the less write anything. I’m the worst speller ever, but that doesn’t stop me. I’m not the best writer, but I love it. 

Never give up on your passions!  Your passions are a big part of you…if you don’t follow your passions then you aren’t living your life.  You can do it!