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Are You Just Existing and Calling it a Life?
Our passions define us, inspire us, empower us and ultimately give our lives meaning and purpose beyond merely existing.
But too many people have resigned themselves to accepting life rather than grabbing for all they can. Their existence is made up of boring and uninspired day-to-day routines offering no true fulfillment with no end in sight.
Life should be so much more. Life CAN be so much more.
Rather than just existing, instead of merely accepting life we have the power to choose to pursue what matters most to us. But to do so we need to find and follow our individual passion.
Join the search to better understand the roots of passion through examples and personal experiences shared by others who have found or are still searching for their way.
By understanding the source of these passions and identifying specific steps to take to empower each we can hope to take the first steps toward generating a blueprint of our purpose and the life we could be and should be living.
It is time to discover the passion each of has within. It is time to learn how to empower our passion to find purpose. Why should anyone settle for less?
But too many people have resigned themselves to accepting life rather than grabbing for all they can. Their existence is made up of boring and uninspired day-to-day routines offering no true fulfillment with no end in sight.
Life should be so much more. Life CAN be so much more.
Rather than just existing, instead of merely accepting life we have the power to choose to pursue what matters most to us. But to do so we need to find and follow our individual passion.
Join the search to better understand the roots of passion through examples and personal experiences shared by others who have found or are still searching for their way.
By understanding the source of these passions and identifying specific steps to take to empower each we can hope to take the first steps toward generating a blueprint of our purpose and the life we could be and should be living.
It is time to discover the passion each of has within. It is time to learn how to empower our passion to find purpose. Why should anyone settle for less?
136 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 6, 2012
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March 28, 2013
I'm not so impressed with this book. It starts with the completely untrue thesis that every person should be extremely passionate, excited, and enthusiastic about some thing or things each and every day, and then it goes through ten or so things that some people are passionate about so you can see if maybe you are too.
First of all, it is a fact that people come in all degrees of passion, excitement, and enthusiasm. For a person to be, by nature, low key does not mean that that person is somehow defective or failing to live up to some bogus universal standard of "should be" passion. I'm not against passion. I'm just extremely opposed to having a passionate person state as if it were a fact that all people should, without exception (except for those of you who are sad losers and failures in life) also be passionate. Nonsense.
An example of one of the chapters about things which some people are passionate about, for your consideration in your own life, is music. This chapter goes on and on about how we associate memories from different times in our lives, including special events, with music. That however, does not mean that music should become your daily passion, only that you enjoy music when appropriate and you have normal memories. Then the book suggests that you learn to play a musical instrument. Fine, but presumably this book is targeted toward adults, and the number of adults who learn from scratch to play a musical instrument is microscopic. The number who attempt to, are unhappy with the results, and quit, is huge. It suggests you join a band, tap your foot in public in time to music, etc. Well, great, if you want to. But even if I choose to do those things, I won't be a more passionate person when it comes to music.
Other chapters on other possible objects of passion are similar.
To be fair, it is good for each of us to consider what things we enjoy and incorporate them into our lives more, when appropriate. It is good to take note of experiences that bring us happiness. It isn't good to condemn people who don't feel passionate as if they were second rate people who are failing in some way. I guess the author and I are just not on the same page, and I don't want to be like him.
First of all, it is a fact that people come in all degrees of passion, excitement, and enthusiasm. For a person to be, by nature, low key does not mean that that person is somehow defective or failing to live up to some bogus universal standard of "should be" passion. I'm not against passion. I'm just extremely opposed to having a passionate person state as if it were a fact that all people should, without exception (except for those of you who are sad losers and failures in life) also be passionate. Nonsense.
An example of one of the chapters about things which some people are passionate about, for your consideration in your own life, is music. This chapter goes on and on about how we associate memories from different times in our lives, including special events, with music. That however, does not mean that music should become your daily passion, only that you enjoy music when appropriate and you have normal memories. Then the book suggests that you learn to play a musical instrument. Fine, but presumably this book is targeted toward adults, and the number of adults who learn from scratch to play a musical instrument is microscopic. The number who attempt to, are unhappy with the results, and quit, is huge. It suggests you join a band, tap your foot in public in time to music, etc. Well, great, if you want to. But even if I choose to do those things, I won't be a more passionate person when it comes to music.
Other chapters on other possible objects of passion are similar.
To be fair, it is good for each of us to consider what things we enjoy and incorporate them into our lives more, when appropriate. It is good to take note of experiences that bring us happiness. It isn't good to condemn people who don't feel passionate as if they were second rate people who are failing in some way. I guess the author and I are just not on the same page, and I don't want to be like him.
September 6, 2016
I enjoyed this book and would recommend that you read it.
There are two chapters that I figured would be terrible reading because they in no way apply to me. The chapters on Hockey and fishing. I started the chapter on Hockey and figured I would wind up skipping it. His enthusiasm and description for hockey was amazing. Even though I am not a Hockey fan (nor a sports nut) and I do not fish, I enjoyed both of these chapters.
I really got a lot of tips on the chapter about retirement. Most retirement articles I read are about finances this is not. It is about what to do during retirement. I know my mother constantly tells me retirement is not what it is cracked up to be. I didn't really realize you have to work at having a happy retirement. I am still several years away from retirement and today any day that I do not have to go to work is a great day. However, I do know that I am the happiest when I am busy.
There are two chapters that I figured would be terrible reading because they in no way apply to me. The chapters on Hockey and fishing. I started the chapter on Hockey and figured I would wind up skipping it. His enthusiasm and description for hockey was amazing. Even though I am not a Hockey fan (nor a sports nut) and I do not fish, I enjoyed both of these chapters.
I really got a lot of tips on the chapter about retirement. Most retirement articles I read are about finances this is not. It is about what to do during retirement. I know my mother constantly tells me retirement is not what it is cracked up to be. I didn't really realize you have to work at having a happy retirement. I am still several years away from retirement and today any day that I do not have to go to work is a great day. However, I do know that I am the happiest when I am busy.
September 20, 2012
Bernard's Passion is a guide for each of us to use to find our Passion. It made me think about my various career changes and the need to revist my retirement plans.
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