Find and Follow Your Passion
My aim is to inspire you to find your purpose, make a living from your passion and live the life of your dreams.
I believe that everyone can live the life of their dreams. Believe it or not, it’s possible.
A society grows great when men plant tress whose shade they know they shall never sit in – Greek proverb
0 -25 years old
We are born and brought up as male or female, the mere fact that we are born gives our guardians permission to bring us up a certain way. In Western Society, there are certain tests that are carried out when a child is born to which must be passed, to fail would mean something is wrong, and the medical professional caring for that child will aim to rectify it. Should the parent be given the go ahead, they can take the baby home. Here in England this is followed up by a community nurse making home visits, for about seven days after the birth. The nurse will check that mother and baby are doing well and passing all the other tests, which will signal all is as it should be.
Some cultures have rituals that depend on the sex of the child. Society also has it’s say, stating that we should enter schooling at a certain age or enter schooling at all. Depending on where you live, what country you live in or even what area within a country, will dictate the type of education you will receive. The way you will be treated by other members of society may depend on your sex, culture and or religious beliefs.
WOW that’s a lot to contend with and we have just been born. What I am getting at here, is the amount of labels, rituals and rules that govern our very existence. It continues...
As the child becomes a toddler, s/he will become accustom to the parent/guardians’ routine. Time to eat, time to sleep, time to wake up, time the play etc. Certain sounds mean certain things, certain smells mean something different. You get my jest. As a child grows their knowledge grows even before they can speak. Society is back, it expects to be able to tell the sex of a child just by just looking at the colours the child is dressed in. Friends, family and the medical profession expect children to be sitting up at a certain age, sleeping through the night at a certain age, crawling and walking at a certain age. They also expect the child to be making certain ‘talking sounds’ at a certain age. The mother hears ‘Ma Ma’ and her heart melts, although it is easier to mouth the sound ‘Da Da’ first. The medical profession is eager to encourage certain medications as ‘Preventative measures’. With so many labels attached, information that is being taken in, and the silent expectations of a child, one wonders how they can just be themselves!
As Parents, Grand-parents, Aunts, Uncles or anyone who has children as part of their life, may notice that the child has certain preferences to activities they have been exposed to. For example, the child may excel at dance, playing a musical instrument, or sport. Given the time and maybe the money, and of course the amenities at the guardian’s disposal, the child may indulge in these activities. It is during the ages of 4 ½-12 years old that one may notice a child’s talent. They may have a natural flare for singing, dance, as mentioned above, playing a musical instrument or a certain sport, being with nature and or animals. Cooking, baking, or perhaps something a little more creative like sewing, drawing or writing.
In England a child enters Secondary school at the age of 11/12 years old. Many of the children entering this age being to focus on other things, and some towards their peers! Schooling then takes up the next three to four years, which could go on for a further four to five years if your child (now young adult) decides on higher education. This then takes them into adulthood which may end at the age of 20 years old. Let’s mention some of the life experiences that they may encounter during this time. Here is a quick list:
House Moves
Family financial concerns
Family Issues
Educational concerns
Personal Issues
Marriages
Births
Deaths etc etc....
Trying not to continue being negative.....Life happens. Can you remember being between 13 and 23 years old? Can you remember all the life stuff that happened to and around you at that age?
Let’s say you got married or had a baby at 25 years old, (some of us have children much earlier, I had my first at 17 years old) or you followed a career. Life has that way about it, it takes over. Now, if you are that rare human being that found your talent, and stuck with it regardless of what life threw at you, well done. But most of us follow society’s rules and regulations i.e school, work, pay taxes and have a family. With all that life going on, talents or ones passion takes a back seat.
Only when you STOP the life stuff for a minute and say to yourself there has got to be more to life, than what it has served up thus far. Will you hear your passion calling. It is at this point that you begin to hear that tiny little voice in the back of your mind getting louder and louder. It says you should be participating in that sport you love, the drawing you enjoyed as a child. Maybe it is saying, that the cooking you have been doing for friends and family, could be a business for yourself. It is at this point, that you realise that you would/could be happier if you did that particular thing all the time. All in all, you begin to re-evaluating your life. You realise that you matter, and the quality of your life is as important, as what you do for others.
