In your experience, where has your passion steered you? Where are you going with your passion? Maybe you love to cook, and it led you to start a catering service. Or your love for animals directed you to explore your options of how you can work with them. My passion to write led me to write a book. About four years ago a former co-worker suggested that I create a book of quotes based on what I had shared with him regarding different situations. That seed was planted. Now I am working to cultivate Mama Knows Best, a book of resources that will hopefully be an asset to others.
Identifying Multiple Passions
Writing the book didn’t just happen. I had to understand what passion meant. Oxford dictionary has a definition of passion to mean an intense desire or enthusiasm for something. Another definition from Merriam Webster Dictionary for passion - a strong liking or desire for or devotion to some activity, object, or concept. Grasping this I realized that I have several passions. Writing is one that I began this series on, but I also have a passion to care for children, to teach children/young people, to worship in dance, to encourage others and there are a few more. What are some other passions that you have?
Passions Unlimited
We are not limited to just one passion, but we were created with different gifts that may turn out to be one of many passions we possess. The human race is extremely diverse and we each have something distinctive that we bring to society. We were born to be good at specific things that we can discover as a child, teenager, or adult. Your passion may not be that full-time job that you currently work but could very well be that hobby you enjoy doing in your spare time.
We operate in our passion in different ways. Maybe you played basketball in school but didn’t make it to the Pros. Could you be the volunteer coach of a kid's basketball team in your community? Or maybe you are passionate about teaching, but you didn’t become a teacher. Instead, during your time off from your full-time job you tutor a young person in a particular subject you excel in. Those are ways we can still operate in our passion part-time.
Merging Passions
It's pretty fascinating that we find ways to function in our passion whether full-time or part-time, but what about when our passions intertwine? Though I enjoy writing, my passion to teach children and to encourage others is the influential substance of Mama Knows Best. As we identify our various passions and begin to operate in them, we will find that certain passions can function together to unveil an unidentified purpose for which we are called to do in the world. A purpose that will bless your life and the life of others.
Are you implementing your diverse passions?
Have you combined them in any way?
Comment below or email me back. I’d love to learn about your various passions and where they have taken you.
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