This month is our last month on the race. We just have a few days left until we all say our tearful goodbyes and head home. It’s easy to just check out mentally and just be present physically, waiting the few days until we’re home back with everything we love. But our team didn’t do that. I want to take this time to thank Daina for that. At the beginning of this month God just gave her an incredible passion to give it her all this month. To be so fully involved that she might even have to take a few days at home just to sleep and recover from this month. She didn’t want to waste a single day or a single moment and her passion spread to the rest of us.
It was then I realized this simple truth: Passion is contagious. It’s been such a cool thing to see on my team the different passions that we bring to the table the other people begin to start loving those things as well. I know in my life I was never a big fan of learning music but my two best friends Rob and Tim are passionate about music. Rob picks up and learns a new instrument every couple months it seems :). But because of them it is now one of the greatest joys on my life. I love making music and putting my heart in it and just letting it bring life wherever I go.
Here is something else that’s cool about passion: It’s attractive. I read this amazing post from my friend Jordan’s blog (http://www.jkrahn.com/blog/) about making friends
‘Meeting people’ is a hard subject and an even harder thing to do until you realize that meeting people and doing the things you love and are passionate about are inextricably linked. You can’t step outside your door, take a deep breath, and say, “Off to meet people.” No. Make a list of things you love to do, and go confidently in the direction of those things, even if it means stepping outside of whatever box has confined you in the past. When you find yourself knee-deep in something that fulfills you, two things will happen:
- You’ll find yourself surrounded by people with whom you have more in common than you might have thought possible.
- Because you are in your element, you will be your most attractive self, and you will find a mate, perhaps even love.
I know for myself I have met my favourite people and friends doing the things that I most love. There is almost an instant kinship when you meet someone that loves something you love as much as you do. I think that’s why Christians can often become instant friends because of their deep love for Jesus. So follow and develop your passions, it will lead to more fulfillment and fun than you can imagine and deep friendships. I love you guys.
