“What is passion and what does it feel like?” The question came from one of my daughters.
I responded with, “Feeling strongly about something, so strongly that sometimes you get really excited about it. Or sometimes it makes you blind to the other things around you. And sometimes it just makes you very happy”.
“Excited, like jumping up and down and yelling and screaming ?”
“Sort of like that, yes.”
“Blind like a horse wearing blinders and all he sees is what is in front of him?”
“Exactly.”
“And they very happy is when you are just enjoying every minute and smiling.”
“Sounds good.”
“Do you have passions Mom?”
“Yes.”
“I think I can guess them. Football is the excited kind. Sometimes you jump up and down and yell and scream while watching it, especially Tech football.”
Laughing, “Okay, you are probably right.”
“Writing. It makes you blind sometimes. You sit on the computer and type and we can be running around screaming or trying to talk to you and all you see is what is in front of you. The computer.”
“Hmmm, you are probably right about that too.”
“And the happy kind. That is easy. You are passionate about life, especially your family and friends.”
Darn, she’s good. I’m so glad we had that discussion.
What are your passions?
2 comments:
Smart child:))
My passion is writing, of course, I sit blind too for hours. Also my passion is to connect with people on a real basis. Too often we have no clue who that person is sitting right beside us and that's a shame!
What an intriguing conversation you had. And you handled it well, too. My passions are for God, my family, my country, neatness, beauty, and good music, among others.
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