Saturday, March 28, 2009

Passionate, I am not

Why??
Or may be I am passionate but unfortunately lack the will to bring my passion to life :-s
In the last few years I have met people passionately following:
-Music
-Food
-Paintings
-Colors
-Life
-Death
-Sorrow
-Happiness
and many more. When I sit down to think of my passion, I come up with nothing. Am I really that hollow? Well for records, I love reading books, listening to music, I am attracted to violin, I know how death can feel therefore I appreciate life a lot and anything and everything that comes with it, I like to slumber, argue with friends over matters of global importance and many such 'interesting' stuff yet when it comes to passion, I have none, I feel.
Yea, I am in the legion of people who dream big, dream really big. And yea all these dreams are day dreams. But I am scared to see these dreams come to reality. Ironic it is.
I wonder sometimes if passion could help me see thru my fears of achieving what I really want for myself. Some may agree, many may not. I know one thing for sure, nothing comes easy ( and for those who've had it easy.. I am sorry for them) so is it really 'passion' that keeps them going?
I absolutely love any work I do. I can not settle for anything less than 'super' when it comes to work. That is how I am. Sub standard work freaks me out. Does it mean I am passionate about my work?
I dont know. May be it is not as difficult as it appears to me. I have this uncanny ability to complicate matters beyond repair. Something I am not really proud of :D
May be, I am passionate. May be I just dont tag my efforts as one.

-eL

2 comments:

Punit said...

you do have a lot of passions maam..and u maybe u have achieved them already :)

Unknown said...

I kinda felt really associated with your post... thought I should drop a word.

But i think.. missing to passionately following music.. or other things doesn't mean u ain't passionate. Truth is you are passionate.. in fact desperately passionate about "fulfilling your dreams". But dreams never stop... so you don't feel you ever actually are satisfied with your passion.

makes sense?
yes.. cool :)
no? uh all right.. oh yeah.. of course I don't know u.. I may be wrong.