Today, I want to have a heart to heart conversation with you guys. Seriously, I am just typing this without even thinking about it so that the words can come out right from the heart.

One of my favorite things to do when meeting new people is talk about their passions and what motivates them to keep going. As I like to say, we are all unique individuals and so, we find happiness and meaning in so many different things.

If you really want to know someone, and I mean really look into their soul, just ask them what they are passionate about and where they want to be, a certain amount of time down the road.

This will tell you a lot about them because our passions and objectives in life kind of form our identities. Our life starts to revolve around these once we truly start pursuing them and this in turn slowly but surely starts shaping the individuals in a certain way depending on the path they choose.

Why Do You Get Up In The Morning

The term ‘passion’ is used very loosely today and often people misunderstand things that they like to do as things they are passionate about, but it doesn’t always work that way.

Your passion is something that consumes you entirely and you dedicate your heart and soul to it. It is the reason you wake up every day in the morning with a smile on your face and a raging fire inside of you to take things one step closer to the goal.

It is a journey that will demand blood, sweat and tears but in the end, it will be worth it. Yes, I understand that success is not always guaranteed but you owe it to yourself to at least give it a shot.

Not many people are able to do this however. You may have heard people say things like, “Oh, don’t go where your passion is, go where the money is.” or “It’s better to have a boring job that pays than to follow your passions which pays nothing.” I wonder why these people wake up in the morning.

Passion Ain’t Enough

We human beings are really complex creatures, psychologically speaking. So many factors both internal and external influence our actions that it’s no surprise that even the most passionate of pursuits meets its dead ends.

Those are times when the second piece of the puzzle comes into play and that is motivation. You see many people believe that passion alone is enough to get you out of bed and make stuff happen, but that’s not entirely true.

There can be moments or the ‘downs of life’ to be more precise when you are still passionate about something and yet don’t want to take even a single step forward, and trust me there are lots of such moments. During times like these you require motivation that thankfully can come in an infinite number of ways.

Only when passion meets continuous motivation (or drive), does magic happen. Most of the people who don’t make it miss that second ingredient.

Anyways, I would love to hear what your passions are in life and what makes you tick. Maybe I can get even more motivated getting to know all of your stories. Oh and by the way, my passion is writing :)