The first step to finding your passion is definitely to follow the fun but the next step is equally if not more important and that is to also find the significance.
It is hard to put into words what significance means because it is a feeling of deep resonance. Somehow, the activity feels like it was something you were born to do. I feel this most strongly when I am teaching or coaching. I just know when I am doing either of those things that I am doing exactly what I am meant to do. I also have always felt it in my parenting.
Anyone who caught last week’s Blogtalkradio show with Jenn Givler (if you missed it, catch up with the archive here as it is a cracker of a show!) heard Jenn describing how her first business of making soaps did not give her the significance she wanted. Luckily she found that in business coaching.
This week I am talking to Warren Wandling , a life coach who specializing in helping people find that meaning and purpose in their lives. Join us tomorrow, Friday 4th April at noon EST.
Does your passion feel like it is part of your life purpose? How do you recognize that feeling in yourself? Do we have just one purpose in life or can we have different purposes at different times?
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2 responses so far ↓
1 Christina Thompson // Apr 4, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Hey Katherine,
Your posts always make me think! Thanks!
When I am teaching music or playing the trombone, I get this contented feeling that says, “This is the best thing I could possibly do right now. ” When I’m doing these things that I love, everything feels right with the world, and I often get into a flow where time passes without my realizing it.
My passion does feel like it’s a part of a larger life purpose, especially because I still play and teach even when it’s NOT fun. Especially when I’m doing something new musically, I feel out of my comfort zone at first and want to go home. But there’s something that drives me to get in there and play, and I do, and it’s successful nearly every time.
I know my purpose has changed a bit over time, but the underlying passion is still the same. For 5 years I was a band teacher, and I loved it. But toward the end of the 5th year, I felt drawn toward doing creative things on my own instead of working with bands. More changes will probably come in the future as well.
Thanks again for another great post!
2 Katherine Reschke // Apr 7, 2008 at 1:58 am
Christina,
How wonderful for you to have found your passion in music. I played the clarinet for a while and though it was fun it was never a passion and it fell by the wayside.
I agree that when you get so lost in something that you lose track of time then its very likely you have found a true passion.
Great comment.
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