People with Passion, Part 1.
Woke up this Monday with questions:
When does passion become obsession? What tips a person over that razor sharp edge from say, admiring a celebrity into an obsessive need to know every detail of their life, search out every available photo and become a pseudo authority on the ‘object of their obsessions’ analyse every public move. What is the moment when a dispassionate distance is melted by the heat of a need to know more, pouring through magazines, internet sites, forums and chat rooms for more detail, more glimpses?
Is it the fine line between passion and obsession that draws and excites some people and scares other people off? Passion can be very attractive but unrestricted it can be overwhelming, off-putting. The strength, the voracity of the passion can be volcanic and destroy whatever stands in it’s path.
People with passion exist in all walks of life whether its passion for sport or technology or maths or history, art, furniture, houses, people…. the list stretches on into infinity. The important thing is the passion itself, that fuels and drives the possessor onwards needing to share, to convert, to inspire, to draw in, to recruit. Often with passion comes vision, sometimes people buy into it, sometimes they run from it. From Evangelism to mission to belief to unadulterated enjoyment, passion adds colour, excitement and focus to our lives. S/He who dares, wins?