Okay for Passion, but What About Love?

"A Picture Worth A Thousand Words"
By HMP ©

Okay For Passion, but What About Love?


This blog talks a lot about passion as it relates to having a passion for one's life, one's interest's and what really turns that person 'on'.  It is written in the broad terms of directing one's life towards their God given talents and interests so that a person can love all that they are and all that they do.  But, many have asked "What about 'Love?'"

Passion can be defined as, ':  intense, driving, or overpowering feeling or emotion.   It applies to love.  It is important to have a love of ourselves and our own life first before we seek out to try and find a love interest.  This is important because we attract what and where we are in life.  It is scientifically proven that the number one predictor of who we will fall in love with is 'location' and the second is 'familiarity'.  Astounding isn't it?  So love 'found' is as simple as where we geographically live and how familiar the person is to us.  

Familiarity falls into categories of appearance, personality, addictions, success and wisdom to name a few.  This is scary in many ways.  However, if we are living our 'dream life' when we meet people socially, guess what?  Chances are, many of those people are also living their best lives as well!  

Pam's Story

Pam is an attractive woman in her forties.  Unfortunately she had a history of getting into relationships with men who drank too much.  She didn't want men who were alcoholics, but that is what she always ended up with.  She said, "I would meet a guy at an event, and he would make me feel so good, he was the life of the party."  Tom (her last boyfriend) was so confident and outgoing, she says, "I was instantly attracted to him, and he told me he hardly ever drank alcohol.  How was I supposed to know he had a 'problem' with booze?"  

Pam was used to this personality type - her father, her first husband . . . all alcoholics, all outgoing.  And Pam was used to the role of 'enabling' (accepting and protecting).  She wasn't healthy or happy and she wasn't taking care of herself in many ways.  

Everyone has a story, and everyone has a history.  It doesn't matter so much what the details are, as much as how you manage to move forward, out and past the history and make it all just a 'story'.   I once read that we spend our entire lives rewriting our pasts in order to change the outcome.  How crazy is that?


Thankfully, Pam, like others who could move past the history, changed her life fulfilling her passion for photography.  Here's the rest:

Interestingly, while taking photos at a wedding show one day, Pam met Sam.  Sam was a handsome, single successful businessman who was at the show with his daughter.  Sam was not 'in your face' outgoing, but confident in a classy and wisdom-filled style.  Pam was now, too, confident in a classy and wisdom-filled style and happy with her life just as it was.  They are now together and Pam lives out her dreams by first, being madly in love with her life, her passion filled career and now even more complete in sharing it with her true soul-mate.  And no, Sam is not an alcoholic!

This was the life Pam was always meant to have.

First become the one whom you wish to meet & love. © 

  

Following Your Dream: To Do or Not To Do

Life's paths by HMP ©

Following Your Dream - 
To Do or Not To Do
You may be asking yourself at this point if you should follow that 'dream' that has always been haunting you at the back of your mind, or leave good enough alone.  You probably have a good (enough) job, a mortgage, family, debts and winter vacation every so often.  Why then, are you nagged by the feeling that life just isn't what you expected - not fulfilling -  like there's always something deeper missing?  Then reason kicks in and tells you, "hey, you can't just give up your stable income, your pension - are you crazy?"

The great news is that you don't have to give up either!  There are ways, many ways, to have both - it's about recognizing and fully acknowledging your dream - and then taking baby steps to work towards it.  The biggest step is knowing!


- Knowing what your passion(s) are
- Knowing what your goals are
- Knowing - really knowing - that you WANT to live your Dream Life


Now, today, you take those baby steps.  Review some of my previous blogs in achieving the inner wisdom and inner knowledge to begin discovering your true dreams and passions.  Start keeping a journal and open your mind to opportunities.  Remember, it is not necessary to throw out the baby with the bath water.  Chances are there are things you are already doing in your life and life experiences will augment and align with your dream passion filled life when the time is right.

Keep your current life commitments while you make the baby steps as opportunities arise.  Pretty soon your inner wisdom will provide the clarity in what you need to do next to achieve the life you were always meant to live.

I hope to meet YOU in your dream life one day soon! ©