How to Live a Fulfilling Life -
Finding Your Passion
When Dinosaurs roamed the earth, man was
just like an ant, crawling from cave to cave, working industriously from
one meal to the next, living and scavenging for shelter, food and some
skins from the great beasts to build 'nests' , to protect themselves
from the travesties of winter and summer and the harshness of survival.
Today, life is not much different. You have
to work to pay the bills, to keep food on the table , to keep a roof over
your head and warm clothes on your body -- and you have to save -- Save
for retirement... for an old age of frailty, ill-health, keeping a roof
over your head and food on the table... until you die... and it all ends.
Where is the passion? Where is the purpose?
Where is the joy of living each new day?
Life has become so predictable. After
a while it all starts appearing meaningless. Why are you living, why are
you doing something day to day that you don't even want to do in the first
place? Why do you have to follow standards set by a society that do not
even resonate with you? Why indeed?
For a fulfilling life you need to
live a passion driven life, not a reward motivated life.
That is, after a certain ceiling is
reached, how much you earn won't motivate you to work harder, put in your
best, love the work you do, or live happily and feel satisfied with your
life anymore.
Hence merely changing your career or your
job - after a while- will not make you enjoy life and be happy and
more satisfied anymore than you are now, if you do not love the work you
are doing.
You need to have a reason, a passion, a
driving force, to get up excitedly every day, raring to go and do the work
you do with enthusiasm. Enjoying every moment of it.
Simply engulfing yourself in action or
several different activities to keep you fully engaged will not make
you anymore satisfied. You will ultimately reach a 'tipping point' where
getting up everyday, going to work, watching tv or meeting friends , or
other leisure activities... day in day out will sap up your energies...
and life will start appearing meaningless...
You need to have a meaning for your life.
You need to be enjoying your life and loving every day, every moment,
every second of it. You need to find a fulfilling life purpose.
It is your passion that drives you to do the
best you can... this driving force is inside you right now.
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It makes you to keep learning,
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It challenges you to keep growing.
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It makes you want to help others.
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It gives you a reason to keep going when
others have long since dropped out of the race of life.
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It makes you want to keep living.
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It makes you enjoy your life, feel happy and
fulfilled.
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It makes you to easily overcome any setbacks
that life throws at you.
Live your life with passion - you will never
want to quit living.
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