PASSION

To be successful in the ways of happiness it is important to understand your passion. What are you really passionate about? What gets the adrenaline flowing? What are you doing to feed your passion? Throughout your life – some of the passions may change – but it always important to be in touch with them. It is my belief that we have certain core passions that stay with us all our lives. To be fulfilled we need to feed our passions.

An interesting experiment would be to ask your closet friends what they believe your passions are – see how many they can name. You might try this with your family too! Of course turnabout is fair play – how many of their passions can you name?

If your friends cannot name your passions – you need to examine why they cannot identify them. There is a high probability that you don’t discuss them enough. There is a possibility –that you spend more time complaining about the things you don’t like – then relishing in things that you do like. According to the laws of attraction – by spending more time thinking about the things that annoy you – that you are attracting more things to annoy you. Ouch!!!!

How do we discover our passion????????????? Take a few minutes when you are alone – and won’t be disturbed. Take a blank piece of paper – close your eyes and ask yourself, “What are my passions?” Write down the first five things that come to your mind. Take some time to consider each one – jot down notes as to why you consider them passions.

After you have 5 – take a piece of paper and divide it into five columns – on the top of each column write one passion. Underneath each primary passion make a list of “sub-passions” which may be related to it – some of the sub- passions may directly correlate to one of the other primary – this is fine.

Once you know your passions – start centering your life around them – that does not mean to exclude all other things – it is simply putting weight on things that are important to you. I believe you will start feeling more balanced – and consequently other things of importance (such as work) will become more fulfilling and successful.


One of things that I hear, often, when I talk to people about seeking their goals or passion is: “My friends will laugh at me or give me a hard time.” My cold reply to this is “Then maybe you need to find new friends.” Truthfully, if your friends are not supportive and uplifting – are they really the type of people you want in your inner circle? Some times in order to grow it is necessary to leave non-supportive people behind – and replace them with supportive people.


My 5 top passions - and their sub-group

1. Spirituality
reading books on subject
talking to people about their beliefs
blogging
writing
meditation
making a difference in peoople's lives

2. Writing
novels
contests
blogging
marketing programs for work
story telling

3 Makenna (grandaughter)
hiking
photography
butterfly museum
teaching her to cook
story telling

4. Cooking
Makenna
trying new recipes
healthy recipes
entertaining friends
contests

5. Nature
hiking
traveling to mountains/ocean
sunsets/sunrises
wild life
photography