Don't You Give Up

The other day I wrote about finding your passion.
I often wondered how I would even know whether or
not I had found my passion. I mean, like, would
there be fireworks going off or what? Would I be
flooded with feelings of exuberance or excitement?
After all, if you're trying to find your own passion,
the very word passion indicates that there should
be something on a different level, right?

So, it goes almost without saying thar once you've
found your passion, you will know you've found it,
because you will be passionate about whatever you've
found. Maybe I've over simplified things here, but
I don't think so. Actually, most of us are not even
looking for something to be passionate about. We are
happy where we are and content to leave things alone.

Well, OK, maybe we are not exactly happy with things
they way they are, but we are not so unhappy that we
are willing to do something about it. We are not so
unhappy that we are willing to step out of our comfort
zone and try to find something to be passionate about.
Something that could change our circumstances and
perhaps even improve our lives or the lives of those
around us just a little bit.

Today's quote is one that I recite often, but I don't know
who to attribute it to: "In order to have what you've
never had, you must do what you've never done."

With gratitude,

Rick