Post 28 – Passion
Posted on | January 4, 2010 | 7 Comments
Passion has always been my favorite word (well, maybe not always, I suspect when I was a kid, it was more like “fun” and when I was a teenager, it was more like “angst” but, hey, I’m an old fogy now and if I say always, take it how you like it!)
I love when people discover their passion. Or passions. I love when people start moving toward their passion. It moves me to watch people grow as they realize that they can live from their passion. I have many passions, but almost all of them revolve around creativity. When I taught an acting class, it was called Passion for Acting. One reason Steve and I started this blog was because of our passion for writing and the writing process.
And that passion translates for us into opportunity.
I was determined not to write a post about New Year’s resolutions, but my good friend Andy Dolph recently wrote about them in a way that made me think, and I’d like to share that with you. (He got the idea from Erica Douglas, who has been doing this for many years.)
That is, the “theme word”. (Or, for all you Twitter people, #themeword.) Chose a word that will be a theme for the next year, and build your goals and action around that word. My goals for the new year are already a lot about writing and teaching writing, but this idea made sense to me. As soon as I read the notion in Andy’s blog, the word “passion” shouted itself in my head. It was obvious.
What it means for me in this context is to continue to develop all aspects of passion for myself. Develop my writing, making a grand living doing that and teaching that, traveling (another passion) which I can then do more readily, and, of course, having the common meaning of passion in my life – i.e. someone to share it with.
Think that about covers it. I’ve already declared 2010 an exciting year. With this, I’m now that much more excited. I recommend you do the same. Choose a word. Write down for yourself what it means to you. Remind yourself of that word as the months go by. On January 1, 2011, reflect on how that word shaped and enhanced your life.
~Geoff Hoff
Co-author of the how-to guide On Writing a Short Story.
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January 4th, 2010 @ 9:52 am
Hi Geoff, I’m with you on the word Passion! I will also add Joy (Is it ok with two words?;-))
Claus
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January 4th, 2010 @ 10:52 am
I saw this on Andy’s blog too.
Nothing jumped out at me on this one. I had this same problem when I did my word for
http://www.lawofattractionwords.com/
hmmmm…too serious again.
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January 4th, 2010 @ 11:41 am
Claus, I imagine you can use whatever you feel is powerful! There are no rules. I would say to Tweet it with hashtag #ThemeWord so others who are doing it can see you join in.
Sheila – I suggest you simply declare a word. Don’t make it too important, and you won’t make it too serious. What do you see as lacking that you would like to declare into existence with this year? How about “Lighten” or something?
Let us know what you choose!
January 4th, 2010 @ 3:33 pm
Abundance! Of course I want financial abundance but since I have a tendency to look at lack. I’m going to look at the abundance I have in all areas of my life and appreciate it more…. and enhance each area.
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January 5th, 2010 @ 3:40 am
I love the word “passion”, and I also love feeling passionate about everything in my life. Passion is what drives creativity, greatness, overcoming fear, success, failure, and mainly – growth. I would say that that in this new year 2010 – my word is success. Great blog post. Keep them coming – you passionate writer you!
January 5th, 2010 @ 11:00 am
It came to me. I just left it alone for awhile and it just popped up. My theme word is Vision.
“A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.”
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Sheila
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January 5th, 2010 @ 11:17 am
I’m so glad you allowed that to happen! Wonderful. Go post it on Twitter with hashtag #themeword. Let other people add their energy to it.
Geoff