I mean the OTHER kind of passion—for some THING, not for some ONE. The kind so many young adults seem to be looking really hard for. As if one day they’ll be struck over the head and realize this is what they were meant to do with their lives.
Sometimes I think our culture has really done them a disservice. If only it were that easy. If only everyone found something they are passionate about —at a certain age. Or ever.
As a young adult, no one ever talked to me about passion or told me I was supposed to be looking for it. So I didn’t. I didn’t even realize I had stumbled into something I was passionate about until I stopped doing it. ( documentaries)
I was lucky enough to find something else I was passionate about—even though it took decades….and a cancer diagnosis to stumble across it this time (art). I guess what I’m trying to say is that finding your passion isn’t a game of hide and seek. Passion often finds you when you’re not looking for it. And if you look that hard for it, you might not find it.
Tonight I saw some of those people who found their passion early on. People whose rainbow ends dancing in a chorus line on a Broadway stage. I highly recommend—for anyone who wants to see what it takes to follow your passion— it’s a long hard climb that starts with Every Little Step.
People who find their passion early and can earn a living at it are truly blessed. Of course, passions can change and appear at different times during life.
Because it can be so hard to earn a living from your passion —probably is one reason why passions do change during life. Meanwhile people keep saying do what you love, the money will follow.
I feel that a lot of young people were passionate about the election and Barack Obama…..it was the first time in a long time wherein the youth of today got involved in something….
We were passionate against the Viet Nam War/Civil rights…..and we haven’t seen anything like that until the 2008 election….
Look at the young people in Iran…..they too are showing passion for the first time to have CHANGE/reform in their country (don’t have any idea what will actually happen there…)
And they are passionate about Facebook/Twitter which is all about being connected to everyone and everything…..
I’ve been very impressed the last 2 years about the youth of American and what they help accomplish in 2008…..with passion….
I couldn’t agree more. Their passion makes me feel far more hopeful about the world they will inherit–hopefully many of them will translate their passion into ways to help.