Passion = the fire within that nurtures rather than consumes; my life-breath/spirit (spirit comes from the Latin ‘spirare’ which means ‘to breathe’); the taproot that feeds our spirit; a driving energy – a need to connect (to self, another, community); a healing energy that I can bring or that I can accept.
Some ‘Passion Questions’ to consider:
- If you were to develop a documentary about something that moves you, what would it be?
- If you started a foundation to address a need, what foundation would you start? What’s the need that would be addressed?
- What issue would you like to see someone write about?
- What would you like to learn about; to study and perhaps to master?
- Who do you get together with in order to have ‘deep’ conversations; how often do you get together? What are some of the topics that you’ve talked about?
- Is there a need in the world that you would work full time at addressing if you were compensated as you would need (not ‘like’) to be compensated?
A QUOTE: Someday, after we have mastered the wind, the waves, the tide and gravity, we shall harness the energies of love. Then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin