Passion can mean many things to many
people. It can be a strong and barely controllable sensation and feel for
someone, something or even some place. Whatever it is for you, do you honestly
believe that your life would be better off without it?
You have to remember that the cost
of not following your heart – in whatever situation – is spending the rest of
your life wishing you had. There is an ocean inside each of us begging to be
set free, yet many of us never give ear to it and allow it to evaporate into
thin air.
Should
we never allow anything to touch us with our whole heart?
For that is what living a passionate
life entails. It is not always about finding the right career with financial
stability and promise of abundance. Or, the right person that will sweep you
off your feet, carry you off into the sunset and evoke such wondrous sensations
inside your body, on your skin and bring to life an eternity of ecstatic and
ethereal emotions inside your soul. Nor is it always about a place that opens
your eyes and creates a childlike excitement for all it can offer you as well
as the way it can make you grow.
Passion
is about finding your authentic self…
…the one you have buried under the
ground, which is made up of all the other people, places and things that you
placed above yourself and your wants and needs. Slowly the hole in which you
now lie got deeper and the ground got heavier and in the process, you lost
yourself. It is now time to redeem her, breathe life back into her bones, and
find your path back to your passions in this life.
I do not know what you have been
through, nor what you will go through. But one thing I can promise you is:
Living a life void of any passion will bring about the soul-sucking death of
self. Life will lose its beauty and wonder and you will find yourself unable to
breathe from all the pressure pressing down on your shoulders. It will age you
ahead of time.
Passion
is the core of what it means to be truly living
Without it, we humans are merely
existing. We will only be going through the motion of your everyday life, never
having the opportunity to thrive in this wonder of it. Life is so immensely
short. It flashes by so suddenly that it is sad to see how many people arrive
at the end of their journey never following that calling behind their ribcage
that yearned for it with every beat that it took.
It
is comfortable to live in the twilight zone of “okay”
Take a good look around you and even
inside you, consider how many people are just settling in their jobs, in a
person, and in a place. It is a copious amount of people, is it not?
All around us and everywhere in the
world people are becoming complacent into “okay” careers, “okay” relationships,
“okay” places and into an “okay” life. The question that overpowers my mind is,
why?
The only answer I can come up with
is that it is comfortable to live in the twilight zone of “okay.” The
mediocracy of a life lived in “okay” pays the bills, it makes us feel less
alone and it makes us feel safe.
Yet, what we have to remember and
engrave upon our hearts and heads is that “okay” will never, ever be thrilling
or exciting, or breathtaking and all consuming. It will never be extraordinary
and out-of-this-world. The mediocre life will not be life-changing – neither
for yourself or for others, nor will it be unforgettable.
Find
out what lights up a blazing fire inside your soul
Living a life of passion is the only
reason you will risk absolutely everything you have for just the slightest
chance that something amazing might take place. We all have that magic inside
and around us and we should never apologize for it, nor allow anyone or
anything to bury it and us with it. Oprah Winfrey once claimed that passion is
an energy that emanates power if we focus on what excites our bones.
The time to dig yourself out of that
hole and out from under that toxic and oxygen-stealing ground has arrived. It
is time to find your authentic self and rediscover your passions. It is time to
find out what lights up a blazing fire inside your soul and it is time to chase
it – focus on it, and feel its unshakable power.
Do
not settle for ordinary
Do you not long for those sleepless
nights caused by a strong beating that is so loud inside of you that you simply
cannot ignore it anymore? Do you not want something that causes your whole body
to shiver from miles away because of the power of that fire that opens your
eyes to new horizons and unimaginable experiences?
Ordinary is not in your nature, so
do not settle for it. Discover how fierce you are and the strength that has
always been inside your bones. Discover that nothing and no one can hold you
back – not even yourself. Discover that your passion is able to burn brighter
than all the doubts and fears housed inside of you – that is, if you open the
door and allow it to.
Roald Dahl once said that upon a day
he discovered how important it was to never settle for mediocracy and to start
living a life full of enthusiasm. His advice was that if you are genuinely
interested in something, you should go for it, full speed ahead.
No matter what it is; we should
embrace it with open arms, love it and above all become passionate about it. Go
out and take some chances, take a few risks, find that passion – rekindle it.
Fall in love all over again, it honestly is worth every second of it.
Passion really changes everything.
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