A recurring theme in my life over the past few weeks has been passion. I have figured out that I am incredibly lucky to be passionate about several things.
When I was about 20, I went through a horrible phase when I truly didn’t feel passionate about anything. I just couldn’t find my ‘mojo’ for life – what gives you those butterflies in the stomach, or that feeling in the back of your neck like you can’t breath because you’re so excited.
I went on a journey to find it and find it I certainly did. Through film, triathlon and my hubby, I genuinely wake up every morning excited to get going. Ask me what it is about these endeavors that makes me so passionate and I could wax poetical for hours. Now am I where I want to be yet and have I achieved my goals? No. But, the fact that I know what I’m passionate about is the success in itself.
So when athletes or artists come up to me feeling like they failed or haven’t done their ‘best time’ or have had a bad day, I say feel thankful that you have a passion, that you have something that gets you excited. It really is a luxury that can’t be taken for granted!
