Wednesday, January 23, 2008

The wind beneath my sails

A dispassionate individual will never achieve much because passion is what fuels our ambitions....

What makes people do really BIG things ? why are some people so fiery about their convictions? I'd say it's because they have a high level of passion.

It's not always easy when a man decides to follow his convictions, many will laugh and ridicule same, but only he, the vision bearer, truly understands what he's all about.... Sometimes no one can make sense of his dreams, his decisions, his directions, but only he truly understands.

It takes a lot to have faith in your dreams and stimulate passion to bring it to pass. Your dreams or visions may not make sense now (remember the Wright brothers and the airplane or even the first landing on the moon) but one day, it will and only because you did something about it.

Your passion is also like a match that can ignite others around you. If you truly believe that you can, then you can, and you will always have recruits to help you with your vision. It is your passion that will encourage the faint hearted, the doubting thomases, and the vacillating individual.

I realise that passion is such a strong force that it can birth both good and bad (that's how come the world lost 6 million jews all because 1 person thought they were the scum of the earth). The truth is we are all passionate about something or someone, but then again, is your passion channeled in the right direction? If you don't you'll eventually end up unleashing a monster you'll never be able to tame.

I'm not sure anything was ever birthed witout some form of passion because that's what gives you the conviction to go forward even when it seems that all's not well or things won't work in your favour.

So then, how is passion generated? By conviction I believe... if you believe in something or someone, you can become quite passionate. But then, how do you become convinced (or convicted which ever is more appropriate)? By acquiring information. Once you know a lot about something, you become more knowledgeable and can either defend or repudiate it.

A man without passion is like a rudderless ship, no direction, no desires, no expectations..... and passion ultimately is what gives you a raison d'etre; a reason to live....