Life Lesson #23: Passion

Everyone has passion.

But having passion and realizing our passions are two completely different things.

A lot of people often say that they are extremely passionate about something - music, writing, singing, dancing.

But is it called real passion if it lives only in our heads and not in reality?

Sometimes, I wonder if I think too much - maybe I do. But that aside, I've asked myself if I was really and truly passionate about so many things in life. I love words and music. But is it my passion?

True passion is something that is emanated from our souls every minute of our lives. A person who passionate about music becomes a singer, or performs regularly. A person who is passionate about writing writes all the time. A person who is passionate about helping people lends a helping hand to anyone in need.

So how dare I call myself a passionate person when I don't even have the courage to turn my dreams into reality?

To those people who had the courage to put their passion into reality, I salute you. You dared to pursue something with unknown consequences and put in your all to make it work. You are the very icon of passion.

And to people who have yet gotten the courage to pursue your passion; do it now before you miss your chance. You will fail or you will succeed. But you learn nothing if you never try.

We have no right to criticize people with passion so long as we do not put in the same amount of effort or even more into making our passion into something concrete. We have no right to complain about people if we aren't doing anything to make things better. And no, just talking alone cannot solve the entire picture.

It is human to dream. But it is admirable to turn dreams into a real story.