The Roller-coaster Dream
Arjuna - Monday, January 23, 2012
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One of the biggest excuses people have for not following their passion is that it will never pay, as in money. "How will I survive?" people tell themselves.
The coolest thing just happened to really show me that the universe is anyone’s oyster.
I know this guy who is absolutely madly passionate about roller-coasters. He's crazy about them. Every holiday is about roller-coasters, you can't even eat at his table because there is a working model of a rollercoaster taking up all the room.
He used to talk a lot about how he wanted to get out of his job and design roller-coasters, but really how was that going to happen? How many jobs in the world are there for imagining new rides and how could he ever get in there? His job was pretty good, paid well. Was he crazy throwing that in?
I must admit I was the same. I thought there are some desires, like this one, that are unrealistic. I would say to him “keep going, see what happens” but inside I was thinking “good luck with that one.”
So when he finally decided to really put all of his energy into following his desire - all of it - accepting he had doubts but not listening to them, in other words, fully committing to what he wanted to do, within a very very short period of time he had been offered a job as an a roller-coaster designer!
How cool is that?
Very, totally, awesomely cool...that's how cool it is. It showed me so much of what I considered realistic and unrealistic is simply down to my own limitations.
So, are there any true passions that are unrealistic? How will you know until you fully, fully commit?
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Sorry - I replied to you Henk ages ago but looks like it got lost.
I reckon Fraser and Andrew are right.
Lots of people think they don't have a special passion, but all that is happening is that they just discount it as not being important or big enough.
Passion isn't about lighting up the world but lighting up you.
There's a beautiful quote by Harold Thurman:
Do what Fraser said, Over and over again!
@Anonymous, I used ot think I had no special passion, but the truth was I was just bogged down in "reality" and didn't know how to change it. When I did my first sphere last year, the teachers asked what I wanted more than anything. When I heard myself say "Freedom" it actually changed quite a lot for me. I saw where I had made a lot of other things more real than that. In doing my best to remember that desire and keep it alive, and Ascending has really helped with that, all of a sudden I can see a lot of other things that light me up. I can also see many of the thoughts and attitudes I have that stop me really allowing what's important to me to be the motivator of my life.
For me, passion doesn't have to be something that shakes the foundations of the world. Big things or small, it seems to be about priorities. Allowing a little positivity in has opened the gates for a whole lot more. I no longer have any valid excuses for negativity and self doubt. There is no more room for the idea I can get it wrong, because a re-adjustment is always possible.
Not trying to preach, just sharing : )
Yea - what about when you have no special passion?
Anyone?
Passion is just joy for doing what makes your heart sing! Everyone has passion for something- we just don't always think of it in terms of a job. The advice I would give is to make a list of all the things you love doing and then you will see when you are not looking :)
...but what if you have no special passion ?
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