Passion

Passion : fervor, ardor, obsession, infatuation, excitement, enthusiasm, zeal, craze, delight. These are the synonyms for passion as described in a thesaurus. Life : existence, being, time, living. These are the synonyms for life as described in a thesaurus.

I have given much thought to the subject of passion in life ever since my last trip to New York in October, 2004. I guess the first synonyms for passion put it well as well as the synonyms for life. To have a passion for something would mean that first you must discover this “ thing “ that is to awaken the passion within us. I do not feel that it has to be something big.
A persons life style can be permeated with a passion for living in which case it is not actually one thing that the passion springs from but being immersed in a constant succession of experiences which provide the person with the stimulus to feel the passion of the moment or experience. I think that for most people they feel their passion when they are engrossed in something that really turns them “ on “. For some it can be music, art, dancing, singing, sports, etc., etc. The list and its diversity can be endless. I think that it is a sad state of affairs when an individual cannot feel passion for anything. In that case it can easily be said that the individual has no excitement for existence, no enthusiasm for being, no zeal for living. This person derives no joy from anything. Luckily these individuals are few in number and many of those can be termed as being totally depressed.

Simply put passion in life comes from grasping at that thing or things that bring us joy and which we look forward to doing or participating in. Like life passions change during life or because of it. Our status in life is something that would affect our passion or passions to some degree. A person with an infatuation for thoroughbred horses and a pocket full of lint is obviously not going to realize his passion! So, to some degree our passions are tempered by our pockets. Fortuneately, in our modern times most people are in a position to realize their passion to a somewhat satisfactory degree. About the only thing that I can think of that would be a deterrence to an individual seeking his passion would be the individuals state of “ free will “.