How to know you are truly passionate

I see many people start something and never finish it. I am extremely guilty of this. I enjoy a many things and strive to specialize in one. When  devote myself to a certain subject and then maybe a month later lose interest, it is not because I am a quitter I realized. I just enjoy everything not wanting to settle on one thing. I truly found passion when I met my wife. I even thought that it would be a fling at the beginning but when I was away on deployment I would miss her so much it hurt. When I was home I would always try to calm any rough waters even if the situation was not provoked by me. Only then is when I asked my self, “this is what being passionate about something really feel’s like.” It felt so good for the first time in my life to be devoted and not quit. I am also very good at finding way’s to utilize my self-control in any situation that is presented even if I am not passionate about it. This is why I started blogging, I wanted to share those challenges, not let them do good just for me. Helping other’s to the best of my ability is my other passion aside from raising my son (that is a passion all in itself).

Passion is everything, just like love. Once you find it you will never want to let it go. I think both go hand in hand but are two different entities. Love is a deep connection with someone who can cause severe emotional scars if broken. Passion is pure selfless devotion to something without expecting reward. I do not know text-book definitions for these two, they are my own definitions and opinions. Finding your own passion can fall right into your lap or you may spend years searching. Once you find it here is a few ways to tell that it is real and not imagined:

• You have a feeling of completeness inside of you
• Feeling comfortable doing whatever it is even if you are not particularly good at it
• When you are away from it you think of it constantly
• Feeling the same way you did for a long period of time from day one until then. (This is the important one)
• You do not act on mixed feelings because you do not want to give up what you have.
• Never losing interest, don’t get this confused with feeling drained for a moment and do not want anything to do with it.

Finding passion(s) should be incorporated into everyone’s goal set. This is what gives you reason and purpose to not linger through life-like a ghost. Everyone is different but what I want more than life itself is to leave a positive legacy behind when I am gone.

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