What is your Passion?

Everyone has a passion(s). A newborn baby has a passion for being fed, or to be held and snuggled. A toddler has a passion for what they want at any given moment, especially their Mommy or Daddy. After three years old, children have a passion for whatever toy is bing advertised on TV, or they want the toy someone else is playing with. When we start school we have a passion about who we are, where do we belong?

The lines of passion blur when you are a tween or teenager, “raging hormone disease” causes us to have varied mood swings about what we are passionate about at any given moment. The “in” clothes, music, TV shows, sports stars, hanging with friends, who we “are in love with” at the moment and experimenting with things we were warned to stay away from.

Some in college know their passion and grow in it immediately, some live in a haze of partying, abuse of freedom and “what’s next”. Some passions are with the crowd, sports, cars, money, who’s dating who and career choices ahead.

We all have God given passions, the love for others, the ability to manage, the ability to encourage, discernment, the ability to lead and teach. As we go through our lives, we develope new passions and leave behind some passions that need to be developed but aren’t because of our situation or lack of desire to accomplish the goal.

When you think of family memebers or your friends, I am sure that you can define their passion(s). Passion is what drives us in our daily lives. In Columbus Ohio where I live, Buckeye Football and Basketball are a really big deal!!! We have many passionate fans of OSU sports of any nature! We have lots of fans that are passionate for Pelatonia, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, all to fight cancer.

I am a car geek, I love the Corvette shows, the Street Rods, and would love to go the the Greenwich CT car show where the most amazing automobiles only come out once a year. I also have a passion for people, I love to meet people and learn from them, and encourage them.

One thing is for sure, when I am gone, I hope that I will be remembered for those whose lives I touched, my family, my grandchildren and many friends and acquaintances whose life paths crossed mine. I wish I knew more about my great grandmother. I know things about her, but now that my grandma is gone and my mom has Alzheimer disease, the ability to learn more is not available. My favorite Uncle is very ill with lung cancer. He has friends all over the world. He has many passions that made him successful in life that would be valuable to future generations. How will we preserve them? How will my grandchildren know the life lessons of this wonderful man?

Please click on my survey button and share your thoughts. I have a passion to change how we remember those who matter to us, and I appreciate your feedback.

Remember to share your passions with the younger generation, they will be blessed by them!

Robin

On a Different Subject

Do you ever feel like there are so many things going on in your life that they are overwhelming you? Loss of job, death of a family member or of a friend, illness, loneliness, debt, uncertainty and the list goes on. I know as the stock market was free falling today, many of you felt panic.

I talked to my Mom today, she has Alzheimer’s with no short term memory, she can never remember when I come to see her, or if I call her. My brother and I took her to visit my favorite Uncle last weekend; her brother who has days left from lung cancer and she won’t remember. My husband and I have just come thru job loss, financial struggles and uncertainty. I know there is more to come.

We all face daily challenges and fears, but facing them is easier when you take life one day at a time, knowing some of our fears are imagined and will never come to pass. Even more than that is knowing that God is in charge of all things.

You don’t know that God is in charge or you don’t care? He created this world and all that is in it, every person is important and He knows every hair on our heads. He knows us before we are conceived and He knows the day of our death. There are those that don’t believe it, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t true. God is always on time, sometimes He is just waiting on us to ask Him.

So are you living in fear, or giving thanks for every good thing in your life and trusting God for the rest. It is a battle to remember today is the day, yesterday is gone, and we aren’t promised tomorrow. Give thanks, ask and you will be heard, take time to care for those around you and your problems and fears will not be all you see.

A grateful heart is a happy heart.

Blessings!