Passion—a big heavy word…but when thawed is just a simple innate feeling that motivates you to initiate or continue a task. Now, even I sound confusing! But hold on…today I really feel passionate about deciphering this man-made somewhat-mythological concept.
So, let’s start grinding!
Sadly saying, all big-thick-brand-name books promise to help transform this innate feeling into an easily digestible systematic chill-pill. But alas…for many they do nothing more than helping to take some load off of their wallets, as most just end by stating the same mundane redundant statement—passion is an individualistic variable and to find our unique version, we need to dig deeper into ourselves!
I truly understand and appreciate this concept…but the problem is how should I start this big-dig?
Here are three big ticks!
1. Zoned-Out:
To my understanding, passion is doing something so diligently that one just gets alienated from his/her current time and space—zoned-out or spaced-out could be the useable-but-not-so-appropriate terms! Plainly saying…one feels full solely in his/her own self…presence or absence of others gets out of question! You desire the extension of that particular moment to talk to yourself. For example, instead of sitting and sipping…I enjoy to walk and think…thus, I claim myself a walk-passionate.
2. Speedy-Master:
Passion could also be a task that a ‘passionate’ person would accomplish in an acceptable manner, yet in a very short time period as compared to other regular individuals. Plus, instead of feeling tired or exhausted, you feel energetic, excited, and strangely happy. Even after moving a rock, you might want to soothe your back pain with Advil, but the point is you enjoyed the journey…the process. For example, I am really quick at organizing and tidying up, so I am a self-proclaimed cleaning-passionate.
3. Indulging-Moments:
The passion propagation doesn't need an influx of your hours and hours of valuable time. It can be satisfied in a quick, sweet, short lived moment. As the sole requirement is that you get to talk and feel your inside. It might come across as a strange weird confession, but the truth is more than drinking coffee, I enjoy the process of making that old-school beat-up coffee. Somehow, for those two-three prep-minutes I feel free. While continuously starring at the bottom of the cup, I feel indulged. Since I enjoy that moment, and of course its end result is an added bonus…so…I claim myself as a coffee-passionate.
DILEMMA: Passion and Work
I hope you got the concept…but now comes the next big question. Can someone’s passion be his/her work?
Apparently it seems to be an ideal combination…as if one enjoys doing something then why not adept it as work and do it on routine basis. Love, fun, and earnings….a perfect hat trick!
But somehow I agree, yet disagree with this perfect win-win situation. I like the part of doing something one enjoys on regular basis, but working on it to have some earnings…is the part that bothers me. You might also agree that whenever, anything gets tinted with money-matters, it just becomes a botheration. The initial spark gets diffused…and we start worrying about our future turnover, instead of enjoying or living in that specific moment—the sole most important pre-requisite of passion.
To experience passion, you have to be doing it and enjoying it, even if you have over million tasks pending on your to-do-list. One can’t be time-constrained, forced, instructed, and worrying about dollar-bills…yet claiming to be working on their passion. It just doesn't make sense to me! Plus, when you are working for money…it means you have to be considerate about others likes and dislikes. Friends…please get it straight…passion is only about your likes and dislikes…the surroundings don't matter!
It’s solely about you…for you…by you!
CAUTION: Passion and Goals
Please keep passion and goals separate. Unarguably they are interlinked, yet, are two well-defined separate entities. Passion is all about the journey…and the goal could be that journey’s destination…which might invigorate another passion and thus consequently another goal. Hence, the cycle of life continues!
It’s okay if your passions change…but it’s not okay if you don't have any passion. Those thick-books are right in phrasing that we all have passions, but the only need is to dig and find that innate unique treasure. Which leads me to my next point that, it’s absolutely okay if your unique passion is another person’s most hated or bizarre experience. After all we are born different…so learn to appreciate those differences.
Seriously I expected this post to be no longer than a paragraph…or hardly two…I don't know from where is this all pouring in…I guess writing is also one of my passions :)
Enough one-way talking from my side…you grab your time-tested supplies, turn-on your Sherlock-Holmes-mode, and start investigated or solidifying on your passion interests.
Until next time,
Stay passionate!
As expected I gave up…but she also smartly took hold of the situation and cleaned-up her post-color-time-play-mess. But all this while, I underwent all different passing shades of shock, surprise, power, weakness, transparency, and above all, her innocence.
