What is passion? The word passion comes from the Latin patior, meaning to suffer or to endure (are many of you not passionate about your day job then?! LOL!). The uncomfortable roots of this word have given way to meaning a feeling of unusual excitement, enthusiasm or compelling emotion toward a subject, idea, person or object. Passions are those things that you love to do that move you to action. They are motivating and inspiring; they bring your joy and a sense of aliveness. And, they are a clue – to your life purpose.

Passion and purpose are intrinsically linked. Some may argue that passions may come and go like fashions, but I disagree. While you may be interested in a wide variety of things, these things tend to have themes and cycles, often going back to childhood. When you look at the essence of these passions they give a strong clue to your life purpose.

For example, a lot of my passions revolve around stuff like fine art, painting, drawing, writing, photography, design – websites, publications, programs, etc. The essence of this is, of course, creation (including manifestation). And this is a prime element of both my soul level gifts and talents (Akashic Records consultation), as well as my life purpose (as identified by the “Your Life is in Your Hands” consultation).

So, how to discover your passions:

• Revisit and repossess your core dreams and fantasies.
  • Think back to when you were a little kid and make a list of your passions by five year blocks of time.
  • Examine these lists for recurrent themes.
• Consider your dreams to be private, unique and sacred.
  • Only you know what feeds your soul, and it is not for others to judge!
  • Know, too, that you are not alone – there are others with the same passions. You can connect with them. This can be especially helpful if you wouldn’t be able to get the support you need at home.
  • Your dreams are sacred. They are an expression of your soul. Treat them that way.
• Get help from and watch the actions of the already passionate.
  • Get to know others already following your particular passions.
  • If you can’t find anyone (yet!), then pay attention to how passionate people feed their passions (in general).
• Indulge, honour and live in your own imagination.
  • This stokes the fire of passions, and opens up new avenues and opportunities.
• Don’t talk about it, do it.
  • Pick your top passion and do something to express it.
• See your passion manifested into action or production.
  • This will not only make you feel joyful, confident, successful, and fulfilled but will also attract to it further success!
  • When you see your passion manifest, it feeds the fire!

Come and post your passions in the comments!

To your joy and success!

Blessings,

Keena

PS There can be passions you have that are smaller parts to a larger purpose. Sometimes your passions may seem so different that the only thing linking them is you. In those cases, you will want to take a higher, more encompassing perspective to see the link. An example might be that the 3 things you are most passionate about are playing rock guitar, hanging out with your friends and being addicted to Twitter. In this case the essence may be around communication.