Life Always Changes
We hear it a lot right now. “Life just isn’t what it used to be.” We are facing unprecedented times. A tiny germ upended our lives, and for months threw us into a lockdown leaving us frustrated, isolated and in some cases very lonely, regardless of social media availability, most of us have. Even with the opening of schools and businesses, the threat remains and in medical facilities, masks are still mandated.
Life changes all the time. We grow, change careers, have families and more! Even the weather changes every day. Some days it’s beautifully sunny with temperature in the fifties, other times it’s cold and rainy, while snow falls in some areas reminding us season changes—not just for we humans, but for anything that breathes.
Along with the changes in the weather, friends have a way of coming and going. Friends come into our lives sometimes for a day, other times for just a fleeting moment, but more often, for a season. We nurture the time spent with those we call friends, as forever bonds are shaped, so regardless of time spent apart, the relationship never varies.
Relationships come and go, as well. As we are growing, we find someone to be close to and for reasons as many as a person can count, it doesn’t work for a lifetime. Other bonds are made, altered and changed until finally we find the love of our life that endures for our remaining years. Yet even within the realm of marriage, the relationship changes as we each grow and responsibilities change, and children join the equation.
Even our various forms of work come and go. We take on a job early in our teens to pay for gas to operate our cars and pay for insurance, while we’re still trying to decide what we want as a career. We may or may not like where we are and change jobs, sometimes many times before we become comfortable day after day in our work. Our careers then take over and we are engaged in whatever form of business we’ve chosen and often hang in there until retirement. Yet even here, changes aren’t uncommon.
What’s really amazing, however, is when we find our passion. This may or not be related to our career. Many have ‘working business’ careers but are passionate about fireworks, camping, hiking or quilting or even reading. This is our ‘happy place.’ This is where we are able to relax and enjoy the doing, as well as, the final result.
The best scenario in all this is when our employment intersects with our passion. I’m fortunate in that writing enables me to meld my passion and ‘work’ into one. I have become passionate about writing words that make a difference. This is where I can do what I believe is my ‘mission in life,’ if you will. It’s more than a job. It’s …..my passion! This can never be taken away.
People can ‘lose’ their passion when they don’t feed and nurture it, just like anything else. They lose the value of themselves however, when that happens. And it reflects how they view life. We all need a purpose; and we all have one.
Life always changes, but a true passion that is ‘fed and watered”--- and ultimately believed in --- can become the stabilizing tether to life, when otherwise we lose who we are meant to be.
As we begin a new year, I wonder, what is your passion? Have you found your ‘voice’ in the ‘thing’ that makes you most happy, brings contentment, satisfaction and a sense of worth?
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