The Power Of Passion
Your passion will draw others to your cause
There is something powerful about real passion. When a person is passionate about what they do their passion draws others to them. Are you passionate about something? Maybe it’s a charity or cause. It could be a sport or even a profession. I am convinced that passion is one of the key ingredients to living a happy and successful life. When you are passionate about something success is not measured by the world’s standards but instead by your own measurements. With passion you do not care how everyone else views your progress because your goal is to live out and feed your passion. In doing this you choose what is successful or even better yet, the measure of success is innate inside of you.
If you are truly doing what you are passionate about then you will draw others to your passion. As a kid, teenager, and young adult I hated writing. Any school assignments that involved writing were tedious to me. Later on I took a college English course taught by a tremendous teacher named Tracy Mendham. She was soo passionate about writing and reading what others wrote that I could not help but love writing. You see her passion drew others not so much to her but to what she was passionate about. I am now writing a novel. This never would have happened without the passion of a great teacher.
A more recent example is when my son and I took a free 15 minute golf lesson from a professional instructor. We had each played golf less than 5 times in our lives and had very old equipment. The instructor spent over an hour with my son teaching and encouraging. He also spent about 45 minutes with me. He was soo passionate about golf that we both got excited. His passion made me want to play golf. His encouragement and love for the game tremendously improved our swings. We signed up for a 15 minute lesson but he had time and there was nothing he would rather be doing then teaching us. This is true passion. I will certainly go back and pay for lessons (when I can afford it). This man will do well as an instructor not because he is phenomenal but because he absolutely loves what he is doing.
I could go on and on about various passionate people in my life. I may write posts on specific people from time to time. For now, just find something you are passionate about. If you are spending lots of time on things that aren’t your passion then stop and look for something better.