Yesterday I was in a bit of a crappy mood. You know, one of those thinky ones where your mind is speeding along at 100mph worrying about tiny little things, usually all silly. I needed some grounding, some perspective. So, I found my favorite inspirational pin board and glanced over my pins.
It worked. I found myself thinking less about my anxieties and more about the inspirational words I have been collecting. One word in particular kept popping up... passion.
What's yours? It gets quite difficult if you think too deeply about it. I kinda took the tact of what it is in my life that I enjoy; what is it that brings me pleasure, the thing to brighten your day. I concluded family as my biggest passion. My family are such a big part of my life, I speak to them daily and I care so deeply about them. Another passion of mine along the same lines are my friendships. I cherish them, they mean a lot. These are the people I am sharing experiences with, learning things with. Hopefully some of these people will be the ones I will grow old with.
What's yours? It gets quite difficult if you think too deeply about it. I kinda took the tact of what it is in my life that I enjoy; what is it that brings me pleasure, the thing to brighten your day. I concluded family as my biggest passion. My family are such a big part of my life, I speak to them daily and I care so deeply about them. Another passion of mine along the same lines are my friendships. I cherish them, they mean a lot. These are the people I am sharing experiences with, learning things with. Hopefully some of these people will be the ones I will grow old with.
That's all a bit tame right? Imagine if photography was my passion and I followed it around the world snapping away on the Great Wall of China or something. If baking was my passion I might become a fabulous pastry chief or maybe appear on the Great British Bake Off. So then I began to delve a little deeper.
My home is a great passion of mine. I am a homemaker. I love my flat, it's the place that I can be totally me and that is totally mine. I close the door and I am alone with my thoughts. As much as I sometimes hate the loneliness it does bring great things too. My home is what I go out to work for.
Another passion of mine is my mind or maybe more the journey of my mind. I am aware I am on a constant journey of self improvement, development and learning. I like to take on board new ideas, new experiences which shape and alter the way I see things. I have been recording this in my diaries for the last ten years. I love reading back over how I felt about particular situations and thinking how differently I now view it.
I also have a passion for escapism. I love watching a film or reading a book and losing myself in my imagination. Dreaming up endless possibilities to a difficult situation or imagining what I will be doing with myself in one, five or ten years time. My imagination literally has no boundaries. It is the thing that sometimes sends me nuts.
I also have a passion for escapism. I love watching a film or reading a book and losing myself in my imagination. Dreaming up endless possibilities to a difficult situation or imagining what I will be doing with myself in one, five or ten years time. My imagination literally has no boundaries. It is the thing that sometimes sends me nuts.
So now you know mine, what's yours? Maybe it's films, maybe it's dance. Perhaps you love working out or maybe reading is more your thing. Have a think about your passion and make more room for it in your life. Feed it.
