"You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died. Did he have passion?"
- Jeremy Piven, in the movie, Serendipity
Passion. Does everyone have it? Or, do some spend their entire life trying to find it? Or, is even more likely that we go through phases in life, and our passions fluctuate with the years?
I think most people, if asked, will adamantly say they have passion. Some may define it in their passion for their career they have chosen in life. For another, it is the children they have brought into the world, or their family life. For someone else, it may be their talents.
So going seriously against the mainstream, at a risk of shocking the conformists of the world, I am prepared to share what could be perceived as a negative opinion.
I can honestly say, deep breath here, at this stage in my life, I don't really know anymore what my passion, in the sense of personal passion, really is. Would I be considered a unpassionate person? I don't think so. Just honest.
You see, maybe I don't think of just one thing as my passion. I would like to think I am passionate about everything I do. I often tell family and friends that I can't multitask since I like to give 100% to what I am doing at at given time.
Maybe your passion can only be defined after death. Someone else will look back at my life, and they will define what I was passionate about. They get to pick.
I like that idea.
I think most people, if asked, will adamantly say they have passion. Some may define it in their passion for their career they have chosen in life. For another, it is the children they have brought into the world, or their family life. For someone else, it may be their talents.
So going seriously against the mainstream, at a risk of shocking the conformists of the world, I am prepared to share what could be perceived as a negative opinion.
I can honestly say, deep breath here, at this stage in my life, I don't really know anymore what my passion, in the sense of personal passion, really is. Would I be considered a unpassionate person? I don't think so. Just honest.
You see, maybe I don't think of just one thing as my passion. I would like to think I am passionate about everything I do. I often tell family and friends that I can't multitask since I like to give 100% to what I am doing at at given time.
Maybe your passion can only be defined after death. Someone else will look back at my life, and they will define what I was passionate about. They get to pick.
I like that idea.
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