finding your passion...a wake up call.. Way too many people are fumbling through life, half-asleep,
trying to survive the doldrums of the workday only to come
home and watch a reality show. There often comes a point
where you need to ask yourself what you are really doing in
life. Are you truly excited about the things you do? Does your
life have great fulfillment and meaning? If not, this is
your wake-up call.
Living a life of passion is not about finding that one elusive,
magic ‘activity’ that brings you untold happiness and
success. Passion is a state where you’re excited to get up in
the morning, your work has meaning, things flow easily, and
most of all, you feel totally fulfilled. Your goal is to find that
state, no matter which activities you do.
What is Passion… Really?
The more I consider the idea of passion, the more I come
back to one word. Art. Your passion is your art. Art
isn’t necessarily painting watercolors on canvas, art is simply
your own unique expression of beauty.
Passion is art, and art is the creative expression of beauty.
Everyone has a unique canvas that they use to create their
art, or, to express their passion. There are as many types of
art as there are people in the world. The great ones who
stand out in their professions have simply learned to embrace
the expression of art in their work.
The key here is beauty. Beauty and passion go hand in hand.
When someone is living their passion, they put much more
energy in making their work beautiful than winning or
succeeding.
The defense attorney paints beautiful arguments in the court
room… The writer paints beautiful words and expressions on
the page… the teacher paints beautiful concepts in her
students’ minds… The actor paints beautiful emotions onto
the screen.
The process of finding your passion is much less about
which medium you choose, and more about the feeling of
energy that you embed into the activity. You could say that
those who are living their passion have given up work for
full-time play. They choose to dance through life instead of
marching inline.
It is a mistake to try to find that one ‘passion’ of your life, as
if you were born with a specific skill that needs to be
expressed. Instead, the key is to find the state where you
feel like you’re painting on a blank canvas . If you have
ever experienced the state of flow, where time fades away,
the creation flows easily, and you are truly enjoying yourself,
THAT is passion. Finding and expressing art is how you
create a masterpiece out of your life, no matter what canvas/
activity you choose to paint.[b] Way too many people are fumbling through life, half-asleep,
trying to survive the doldrums of the workday only to come
home and watch a reality show. There often comes a point
where you need to ask yourself what you are really doing in
life. Are you truly excited about the things you do? Does your
life have great fulfillment and meaning? If not, this is
your wake-up call.
Living a life of passion is not about finding that one elusive,
magic ‘activity’ that brings you untold happiness and
success. Passion is a state where you’re excited to get up in
the morning, your work has meaning, things flow easily, and
most of all, you feel totally fulfilled. Your goal is to find that
state, no matter which activities you do.
What is Passion… Really?
The more I consider the idea of passion, the more I come
back to one word. Art. Your passion is your art. Art
isn’t necessarily painting watercolors on canvas, art is simply
your own unique expression of beauty.
Passion is art, and art is the creative expression of beauty.
Everyone has a unique canvas that they use to create their
art, or, to express their passion. There are as many types of
art as there are people in the world. The great ones who
stand out in their professions have simply learned to embrace
the expression of art in their work.
The key here is beauty. Beauty and passion go hand in hand.
When someone is living their passion, they put much more
energy in making their work beautiful than winning or
succeeding.
The defense attorney paints beautiful arguments in the court
room… The writer paints beautiful words and expressions on
the page… the teacher paints beautiful concepts in her
students’ minds… The actor paints beautiful emotions onto
the screen.
The process of finding your passion is much less about
which medium you choose, and more about the feeling of
energy that you embed into the activity. You could say that
those who are living their passion have given up work for
full-time play. They choose to dance through life instead of
marching inline.
It is a mistake to try to find that one ‘passion’ of your life, as
if you were born with a specific skill that needs to be
expressed. Instead, the key is to find the state where you
feel like you’re painting on a blank canvas . If you have
ever experienced the state of flow, where time fades away,
the creation flows easily, and you are truly enjoying yourself,
THAT is passion. Finding and expressing art is how you
create a masterpiece out of your life, no matter what canvas/
activity you choose to paint.[/b] Way too many people are fumbling through life, half-asleep,
trying to survive the doldrums of the workday only to come
home and watch a reality show. There often comes a point
where you need to ask yourself what you are really doing in
life. Are you truly excited about the things you do? Does your
life have great fulfillment and meaning? If not, this is
your wake-up call.
Living a life of passion is not about finding that one elusive,
magic ‘activity’ that brings you untold happiness and
success. Passion is a state where you’re excited to get up in
the morning, your work has meaning, things flow easily, and
most of all, you feel totally fulfilled. Your goal is to find that
state, no matter which activities you do.
What is Passion… Really?
The more I consider the idea of passion, the more I come
back to one word. Art. Your passion is your art. Art
isn’t necessarily painting watercolors on canvas, art is simply
your own unique expression of beauty.
Passion is art, and art is the creative expression of beauty.
Everyone has a unique canvas that they use to create their
art, or, to express their passion. There are as many types of
art as there are people in the world. The great ones who
stand out in their professions have simply learned to embrace
the expression of art in their work.
The key here is beauty. Beauty and passion go hand in hand.
When someone is living their passion, they put much more
energy in making their work beautiful than winning or
succeeding.
The defense attorney paints beautiful arguments in the court
room… The writer paints beautiful words and expressions on
the page… the teacher paints beautiful concepts in her
students’ minds… The actor paints beautiful emotions onto
the screen.
The process of finding your passion is much less about
which medium you choose, and more about the feeling of
energy that you embed into the activity. You could say that
those who are living their passion have given up work for
full-time play. They choose to dance through life instead of
marching inline.
It is a mistake to try to find that one ‘passion’ of your life, as
if you were born with a specific skill that needs to be
expressed. Instead, the key is to find the state where you
feel like you’re painting on a blank canvas . If you have
ever experienced the state of flow, where time fades away,
the creation flows easily, and you are truly enjoying yourself,
THAT is passion. Finding and expressing art is how you
create a masterpiece out of your life, no matter what canvas/
activity you choose to paint.