Passion

The story is told of the young man who approached the philosopher, Socrates, and said, "Socrates, teach me what you know." The great teacher looked at the young man and said, "Do you really want to know all that I know?" "Oh, yes teacher, I do," the student replied. "Then walk with me for a while," Socrates said. So they walked for a while in silence. The learned philosopher slipped his arm around the young man's shoulder and guided him off the path and into the shallow waters of a lake. The young man thought that this was a strange way for the philosopher to teach him what he knew, but after all, he was Socrates, so the student decided to go along with what was happening.

They continued to walk into the water; it rose to their ankles, then knees and hips, until finally they were standing in water to their shoulders. Suddenly the arm that was around the young man's shoulders tightened around his neck and pulled him underneath the water's surface. This was a very strange way to teach the student what he wanted to know, but this was Socrates, after all, so he submitted. He grabbed a breath before he went under, so he wasn't bothered for the first fifteen or twenty seconds, but after about 30 seconds he wondered when Socrates would let him up. He gave a signal to indicate that he had been under long enough and wanted to get out. Another few seconds and the young man began to fight for all he was worth. He kicked and clawed and scratched, but the hold was strong and he began to lose his strength.

At that moment Socrates pulled him out of the water and dragged him to the shore where he began to revive him. When he caught his breath, angry and confused, the student looked into the face of one of the greatest philosophers of all time and said, "What was that all about?" Socrates looked into his eyes and said, "When you desire  and  passion  to know what I know as much as you just desired to live, then you will know".and  you  should  have  should  have passion and  give  everything  to  achieve just  like how  you  wanted  nothing  but  air to  survive  when  you  were inside  water

How strong is your desire  and  passion ? How much do you really desire  and  have  passion  to start your own business, to be really successful in keeping your resolutions and achieving your goals, then your desire  and  passion  has to be everything. Nothing but  the one  GOAL

What does passion have to do with living a life of Abundance and Happiness? Everything! And I do mean Everything!

Having a passion for a thing, whatever it may be is an extremely powerful emotion which creates positive vibrational frequencies that will attract to you those events, conditions, and circumstances that you have a desire to create.

First let’s take a look at the definition of passion as defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary….

PASSION applies to an emotion that is deeply stirring or ungovernable . b : intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction

The only passion that the majority of people that I speak with on a day to day basis have about there jobs is focusing on the five o’clock buzzer, or Friday afternoon anticipating escaping from what they perceive to be their 5 day prison only to have to return a few days later and begin the same dreaded process over and over and over again, many of them for the rest of their lives. Do you think that they will ever stand a chance of experiencing a life of real fulfilment? The answer, to put it quite bluntly is NO WAY, NO HOW. It CAN'T and NEVER WILL happen. It is an absolute impossibility, unless and until they change the emotions that will allow them to do so!

Think about the people you know that love what it is they are doing. Now think about the people that dislike or feel forced to do what they are doing. Do you see a difference in the outcomes that are produced?

With passion, you want to learn, you always want to figure out various ways to improve certain processes- and you do not complain or show a sour face when you have to stay back to complete your job. A few months of doing that will undoubtedly get your boss and big boss’s attention. Which employer do not want a dedicated staff who is interested in what they do? Appraisal will then be favourable and with that, comes better bonuses, promotions, etc. Believe me, if you dislike your job, no matter how hard you try to hide it, the bosses will soon figure Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

 T Alan Armstrong quotes I don’t sing a song unless I feel it. The song don’t tug at my heart, I pass on it. I have to believe in what I’m doing. – Ray Charles