I am sleepy this morning! Coffee is almost ready, so I will be perking up shortly....Yesterday, I started to write about a blog I had read regarding "Passion", and then it got too late to complete my thoughts...
But that is okay, I think I gave you the set up of sorts...it is important that you know something about the character of the friend, of whom I am writing about - maybe yesterday's blog did that...
Passion....I always think of passion as something that enhances the project you are focusing on. You know how it is...you choose to do something, usually willingly (I hope), so do you just go through the motions, or are you passionate about it? And is this passion that you feel healthy or not? Is going at every project, situation or relationship full throttle a little manic? And is this behavior just a part of someones character, or is it acquired like learning to be more patient, or loving?
Hmmmm....I think I am a passionate person. I think I am a loving person, but there are degrees...and I am more passionate about some things than others. I can't just blanket every situation with the same amount of intensity....I think there is a name for someone who does, and not to be mean, but "drama whore" comes to mind...yeah, I DID just write that...
Life presents me with things I could get all worked up about...I could apply my passionate nature and blow up, or react negatively...lash out at others, or even hurt myself. I can instead choose to direct my passion away from some things and toward others. If can choose where I want to focus my energy, I can put it towards what benefits the majority, instead of squandering it on something that maybe becomes an indulgent addiction. Most addictions come from being passionate about something and expecting a long term reward, but not receiving one. It is that hope that the occasional spark/high you feel will continue.
Is there an infinite amount of Passion? I think so, but unless you are able to focus on the reward of all that energy you have expended, you will burn out. Passion needs to be recycled. You can't just focus your attention on something or someone, and expend all of this passion towards it/them and not hope for some kind of reward...if you get nothing in return, then you move on..to the next subject/person, etc...
In thinking about it, you need to choose wisely where you place all of that energy...otherwise you risk becoming a "DW"...riding a roller coaster of emotions created by the amount of passion you expend on any one situation, or project...there has to be a reward for all of that passion, and finding something rewarding-pleasurable even, is the key!
I think we often confuse love/hate with passion. We think because we expend so much energy towards something or someone, that we are showing LOVE or hate even...it is just energy. A loving energy or a negative energy...getting worked up in a positive or negative --it is all the same. It is all DRAMA...if you let it be.
Ahhhhh...so what am I passionate about? What is fulfilling in my life? I guess that is what self reflection is about...to gauge what I want to focus my passionate nature towards...right now it is my cause. I find assisting people with a meal, and coordinating our group of volunteers rewarding. I have chosen to expend all of this positive energy towards making other people's lives better. I give a lessor amount of passion towards other aspects of my life, which are rewarding to a different degree, and so on, and so on....
So, where am I going with this? Here....
This morning I better put a little more energy into getting my butt to work, or I am going to be late...time to go....
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