One of the most interesting things living our passion is the freedom and ease of burden that comes with it. Have you thought about how amazing life would be if you truly lived your passion each day?
What happened to those childhood dreams you always had? Did you
grow up? Remember how you always wanted to be a pilot, an engineer, teacher, etc.
Something must have happened to make you forgo those beautiful dreams of yours.
Some, they grew up and felt it was a childish dream. “I can’t be
this because my parents aren’t that”. Blab!!!
Why does growing up imply you must forgo your dreams and
passions? Is that what growing up really mean?
Here’s what happens when
you live your passion.
Grow up with your passion instead of discarding them that they’re
childish.
1.
Fulfillment
What drains the most is “working to live.” At some point, you’ll
feel stuck because you have bills to pay and your job does that.
You cannot underestimate the value of loving what you do. Yes,
there might be a bit of doubt surrounding your passion, but it’s nothing
greater than loving what you do. #fulfillment.
By diligently pursuing your passion, you’ll feel fulfilled at
what you do. You’ll have the joy of living your passion.
There is nothing more rewarding than doing what you were called
to do. So take a bold step and start working on those amazing passions. Take a
moment and think it through.
Probably you’re not thinking about your passion
and that’s why you’re not meeting the right people.
Sometimes, our passion connects us to those that matter or have
experience in our area of interest, helps us study the right course in school,
know what professional training to go for, etc.
With reference to #1, do you know your self-confidence triples when
you live your passion?
You speak with more confidence when you live your
passion. Are you a mechanic? When you live your passion, you’ll live and speak
as one with great confidence when called for a job. Are you an artist? When you
live your passion, you’ll live and speak as one.
Imagine two lawyers; one living their passion as a lawyer and
the other not. Who do you think will always have victory in court cases?
When you pay no attention to the opinions of others and live your
passion, you’ll be comfortable expressing yourself to anybody.
Your self-confidence will suffer when you give-in to the
pressures of society, your friends, and family – they’ll always be there.
This will mean you’re forcing yourself to do something that is
of little interest to you and one of the ways to know this is when you’re not
working within your strengths and sure, your performance will be lower than
expected.
3. Lower stress
With reference to #1 and #2, living your passion can reduce your
stress level greatly.
From research, job stress is the major cause of stress for most adults.
This is linked to increased rates of heart attack, hypertension, depression and
many other disorders.
Important fact about
stress – No stress is bad.
We all encounter stress someway. The difference is in the kind
of stress you come across. Those who follow their passions and those who don’t
will both encounter stress.
What does stress do to
you?
Do you know that those who live their passion have an internal drive
or some sought of motivation that helps bring balance to their situations? Hence,
they’ll most likely have less stressful days or situations.
While those that don’t live their passion are usually not
enjoying their work and find it stressful each day.
They’re scared of Mondays. In fact: you see their face change at
the mention of Monday. Their attitude becomes hypertensive when you say ”so
tomorrow is Monday”.
Some, while waking up, getting up from bed, to the shower, putting
their clothes on, having breakfast, and driving into work stresses them
already.
So wonder how their day will be!
4. Add to your comfort
zone
You don’t need to give up everything to start afresh or pursue
your passion. So don’t
fall into the trap or school of taught that believe you have to give everything
up to follow your passion.
This belief has kept most people from starting their
journey to their passion.
Fulfilling your dream is a gradual process. Allow yourself to
slowly add to your comfort zone and try new things. You can continue doing what
you do at the moment, but with a change of mindset while pursuing your dreams,
purpose/passion along side.
As you continue growing and comfortable in your ability to live
your dream/passion, you can gradually allocate more time towards it and before long,
you will be all-in and living your life to the fullest.
5. Positive magnetism
With reference to #4, in adding to you comfort zone is
attracting the positives. Unique and successful people attract people to
themselves with little or no effort.
We are often afraid our passion won’t be received well by others
and as such, do nothing about them.
Whereas in living your life and follow through with your
passions, you are going to attract like-minded people. It’s a natural law. Like-minds
will always attract like-minds.
A footballer will always have footballers as friends and those
that love what they do for whatever reason they have. So it is in every sphere
of life.
The fact of life is that you’re probably going to rub some
people the wrong way when you are pursuing your passion. Some people will rise
against your passion because they don’t like change. So take note: “When you change, it could change your relationships”.
But if you really want to follow through with your passion,
change is inevitable. Your growth is tied to your willingness to pursue what
you believe.
6. Be thankful for
life
Take a close look and see if there’s something to be thankful for.
I’m sure you’ll find something.
Decide within yourself to be thankful for something each day.
There’s something to be thankful for always.
Probably you got a flat tire on your way to work - at least you’ve
a vehicle. You got rubbed of your possessions – at least you’ve got life.
You’ve got a job right? Are you thankful for that? It might not
be your dream job – but you’ve
got one.
Though there’s every tendency that you’ll feel more grateful if
you are doing something you’re truly passionate about because you’ll wake up
each day knowing it is another day to fulfill your life’s purpose.
7. Personal development
Most people don’t live their passion because of the doubt
surrounding their passion and it’s really not their fault. People have doubt
time after time. You may have doubts regarding financial success, profession,
or even emotionally which in turn reflect on your relationships.
This does not mean you should accept this and do nothing about
your doubts. The more you give thought a chance, the farther you go from
realizing your passion. Instead, spend some time developing yourself.
Develop the
skill needed to accomplish your passion. If you need to take a course related
to your passion, take it. If it means getting a mentor to guide you, get one
and I’ll advice one you can gain access to easily.
Personal development also includes getting the right materials, keeping
the right relationships, staying happy, the list goes on and on.
Start with mapping out the necessary skill you need to develop
to live your passion then take a bold step with determination and of cause
focus.
8. You’ll be a kinder
person
Have you noticed this awesome trend in the lives of those that
live their passion? You’ll see some kind of inner peace and joy within them. Sure,
it’ll rub off on their interactions with others.
When you diligently pursue your passion, you’ll be satisfied and
will be at peace with the world and also you’ll be a kinder person.
9. Be creative
When you start living your passion, you must be creative in
other to succeed. Living your passion in most cases, you’re venturing into unfamiliar
waters and this could be really intimidating especially when you just launched
out. The real deal is that this is where the magic happens.
10. Change the story-line
There’s always an inner you telling you who you truly are, what
you can do, and what you truly deserve.
At some point, we all have split feelings about pursuing our
passion. Sometimes you hear a voice saying you aren’t good enough etc.
To change this negative inner voice, first you must understand
the limiting story-lineyou’re telling yourself and then change that story-line.
Your
new story-line should
be grounded in an understanding that you can pursue your passion.
Fear equal procrastination and procrastination leads to death.
Our fears will always come. How you manage your fear is what
matters the most. Do all you can to avoid the temptation to procrastinate things
the way they are until you have more experience, more time, and more influence.
This is what fear can do.
Fear continues to grow when you give into it.
Keep in mind, it’s not bad to be afraid, it’s bad to allow that
fear to stop your efforts.
12. Life is in constant balance
When you are following your passion, your life is in constant
balance. Your work does not feel like a job because you would do it for free
and contentment.
13. Fewer regrets for
your efforts
The hard fact about life is that most people will not regret the
things they did, but things they did not do.
Think about what life would be like if you truly pursued your
passions. There’ll be little or no regrets for your efforts.
The most intriguing thing about living your passion is the
freedom and ease that comes with it. Yes; plus some positive stress or
motivating stress.
Living your passion all begins with a step, no matter how small
the step is, you’ll start to see the benefits discussed.
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13 Astonishing Things That Happen When You Live Your Passion
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