Finding Excitement
by Sueños on 05/18/17
I was asked an interesting question by a friend the other day. I often talk about the importance of following your passions and interests in order to create meaning in one's life. My friend's question was essentially, "What if I haven't found anything that I'm passionate about?" An odd question to me, as most people approach me asking how to attain a specific goal or to better follow their passion. I spent some time thinking on it, and I think I may have a satisfactory answer. Cease to expect.
Excitement is usually found in moments of unexpected wonder. It is, as it were, to look at things through a fresh perspective, in which the usual seems brand new. I remember being particularly struck with this sentiment when I visited Disneyland California Adventure as an adult. I had seen hundreds of water shows in my lifetime, from the great fountain in front of the Bellagio to the small show done from the in-ground fountain at my local mall. However, the World of Color exhibition was something entirely different. It was a moment in which things that had become ordinary, water moving to lights and music, became something truly unexpected.
However, these moments aren't isolated to wondrous spectacles, they're happening everyday. It's in the uniqueness of each tree's blossom, and the feeling of freshly cut grass on bare feet after a long winter. History is made every second, and if you're not allowing yourself the novelty of each moment, then you will continually find yourself unimpressed with anything. Passion will strike in one of these moments, in which you find something that totally consumes you. If you have not found something that lights your soul on fire, remain open to new things and let the old be new. Passion will come.
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