Passion: “intense emotion: intense or overpowering
emotion such as love, joy, hatred, or anger; intense enthusiasm: a strong liking or enthusiasm
for a subject or activity”
I do not believe that children feel or
understand passion, not to be confused with love for any person or thing. When we hit our teens, I think we begin to
feel passion. When I was in my teens, I
began to have “crushes” on boys. At the
time, I remember thinking that I loved one guy or another, but in reality, I
think it was actually passion beginning to bloom.
Also, in our teens, the most important thing
in the world to us is our friends. We
are passionate about our friendships as we begin to mature we pull away from
our families. Most of us return to the strong
family fold later, but during our teens, they are not as important to us as our
friends.
As we continue to grow into adults, many of
us develop hobbies or get involved with sports about which we become passionate. My late husband was passionate about fishing
and hunting. My current husband is a “car
nut,” building and looking at classic cars at every opportunity. Some people cannot get enough of watching football.
In my late 20’s, I became involved with
genealogy. To this day, many years
later, I am passionate about my family history.
I research my family whenever I have time to do so. This passion is only for my own family. I want to learn everything I possibly can
about them, how each person was related to each other person and how far back
in history can I trace them.
When my husband and I were married (20 years
this coming New Years Day), I introduced him to genealogy. He loves it nearly as much as I do, and
together we have traced one branch of his family back to the year 636. Yes indeed, he is now passionate about
genealogy too.
I worked a variety of jobs throughout my
life, but I never became passionate about my career. It was simply a way to earn money and support
my family.
In February, 2011, however, I joined a
network marketing company called Xpress Healthcare, and for the first time, I
am passionate about my work. I often
spend 10-12 hours a day working on my business, but the time just passes, because
I love what I am doing.
I am passionate about helping people save
money with our discount savings plans, and using the plans, I personally save
an enormous amount of money each year.
Even more than Xpress Healthcare’s products, I am passionate about
growing a team of affiliates who are also passionate about the company. It is a thrill for me to watch them build a
business and an income and to watch them grow themselves, learning new skills
and stepping out of their comfort zones to try new and different methods of
marketing the business.
Looking back over my life, I can see how
passion can be many different things, as the definition at the top of this page
indicates. It can be nearly any strong
emotion, both positive and negative. However,
the emotions evoked by passion keep us alive, striving to always do more, have
more, see more and feel more.
