Tonight I had the opportunity to explore what passion means to me, how I define it, and how I apply it in my every day. I participated in a tele-conference The Personal Passion Project which happens to be my Brother’s “baby” in the making for 2 years now. I am proud of Brian for his commitment and follow-through in getting the project up and running. Although I feel I have to admit………my initial reason for signing on was to support my brother and be a filler. To my surprise, I immediately had great insights and felt excited to get started on the 6 week journey.
To kick it off we had a questionnaire to fill out, and right away I felt stressed. There was no one thing that came to mind that I could list as “my passion”. So I skipped around to some of the other questions hoping they would spark some insights.
What I realized is that I am not lacking passion, I actually tend to be overly passionate……so much I feel it to be detriment. I spend a lot (a lot) of time focused on what I don’t want, what I don’t agree with, and what I think should be different. I use up a ton of energy wishing I knew what to do next, wanting someone to give me the guarantees. Why oh why can’t someone just tell me exactly what to do? I guess for starters, I’d be ticked-off because I don’t like anyone trying to tell me what to do!
There ya have it, my big insight..............
I am passionate. But I’m the only one who can decide how I direct it. Positive or negative, either way it’s a choice.
So hey, check out Brian’s website @ http://www.personalpassionproject.com/. Why not be passionate about supporting others on their journey!
