Passion: Fire In Your Soul
Many people try to hold a raging fire within themselves, but it
restlessly and relentlessly gnaws at their core. Some have tried
to cover it up with alcohol, numb it with drugs, hide it with
shopping, kids, work, or religion, or fuel it with sex. The Baby
Boomers looked for eternal youth and to change the world. They
thought they would never grow up, but they did. They thought
they would change the world and they did.
The previous generation looked for the American Dream. Some
found it. Many did not. The present generation seems to be
seeking success. Yet, the gap between the "haves" and the "have
nots" widens. Each generation and each individual, in turn,
searches for something, but it often slips from their grasp. The
fire carries both energy and discomfort. The key is to use the
discomfort as a motivator and the energy as fuel.
Redfield in the "Celestine Prophecy" talks of the need for a
historical perspective. The first man or woman met his/her
physical needs. Then he or she explored and conquered the world
and put it to their collective service. Now we seek something
and we don't seem to know what it is.
When we are connected to our roots and our souls, passion rises
quickly and pushes us the next level of life or learning or
love. It does not have to be love of a mate. It could be
creative passion, fueling what we do for ourselves, work,
community, or family. Anything where the totality of who you are
is absorbed in the doing, requires passion. To loose it, is soul
death, or at least deep sleep. It will cry to be heard when it
sleeps.
I've sometimes been afraid of my passion. It seems so fierce at
times. I guess I fear it will consume me and nothing else will
matter. I know that can happen. I've had a small taste of it
when I work for hours into the night, so absorbed by my work
that I forget time, sleeping, and eating. But, I also know that
I must have time in my life to live the every day life of doing
the mundane things that must be done. Balance is probably still
the key, but you must not loose your passion all together. Your
life will be too dry and dull without it.
Remember your first love? Nothing else mattered. You felt as if
you would walk to the ends of the earth for that love. Remember
that? While that first passionate, all consuming love does not
last, it gives us a taste of a force within ourselves that
carries tremendous energy. Look for your passion and it will
find you.