WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE PASSION ?

Let's talk about passion a little bit more today.

I like to use the word passion interchangeably with words like determination, conviction, and love. Passion is a strong desire that can get you to do amazing things.

Passion is an emotion to be acted upon. Without action, passion yields no worthwhile results. Passion is the fuel in the fire of action. When you have passion for something, you love it even when you hate it. It motivates you to keep pushing on in midst of difficult.

What Is Passion?

Life is challenging, unpredictable, and busy. Life throws us lemons (as a speaker said) and curve balls, we get confused, we squeeze the juice out of the lemonade and we swing hoping to find a balance. But how do we keep living with positivity, inspiration and love?

The answer is one word:

PASSION

How to Know What You're Passionate About?

Finding what you are passionate about is a journey in itself. Don't be frustrated if you don't feel like you know yet. Keep trying new things. It will come even if you have to build it or naturally. If you find your passion, or find yourself hot on its trail, don't give it up.

What if you know what you have a passion for but you don't do anything about it? This is the main problem with passion. You can have all the passion in the world for something but if you never do anything - Don't out it, that passion is useless.

I am unapologetic passion-driven. I don't get into an activity if I'm not first compelled to do it by intense feelings. I like to do what I am doing because I love it and cannot imagine doing anything else. That's why I am passionate about writing.

The determination that no one else understands. We refuse to let the devil steal, kill and destroy our passion - It can't be traded. Even if it means dying for it, we will! 

Have you reached that point of "If I perish, I perish?"

When we have true passion, we cannot quit even if we want to. Passion takes us to the finish line. 

Building anything requires A LOT of courage and sacrifice, and there are times when we wonder if it's worth it. Passion keeps us going in times when we want to give up. 

Some days my feelings get on board and ride along with me, but there are some days when they don't. Those are testing days that make me grow and develop character. I am honestly building myself and doing this  - is among my bucketlist. And I'd come to realize it can only take my stubborn candor spirit to pull it off and that's what I am about (excuse me, if I bore you).

I seriously doubt that Jesus "felt" like going to the cross and dying for our sins, but He did it, relying on something much more deeper than His feelings: The passion to please God.

"Jesus' passion wasn't the superficial bliss of what made Him feel good or what excites Him. It was the cross-carrying, blood-rendering and torture-enduring suffering of a Man who understood how and why to sacrifice immediate pleasure for long-term joy."

What is your passion?

The next time you're asked what you are passionate about, don't just talk about what makes you feel good or what excites you.

Talk about what you're WILLING TO SUFFER for.

I always, and will always say: DO SOMETHING YOU ENJOY, "FOLLOW YOUR PASSION," etc. because it is pretty difficult to give your time, energy and your life to anything unless you are passionate about it.

I actually don't believe a loving God would have me do something I hate. Some people may pursue categories simply because it drives a good following or it pays big money. Nothing can be as important as joy and peace born out of true passion!

However, recently I learnt there is more to passion than joy and excitement.

I discovered passion is not exactly what excites you, what puts the sparkle in your eyes, the twinkle in your toes, the music in your heart, no.

Passion is far beyond what's fun. It is pain.

Passion means to have a willingness to suffer in order to fulfill a purpose.

The Lord is your strength. 

Stay Passionate.

Have a lovely week!