Pain & Passion

Fundamentally, this is the experience is embedded in mankind, the feelings that create understanding and respect no matter our differences.

For many today, the idea behind passion is built upon strong powerful emotions whether positive or negative in nature, it is also interpreted as an intense desire, often for love or sex.

But to truly understand ourselves and the things we say, as always we must return to the beginning.

The origins of passion come directly from the Latin term 'passio' which means to suffer, or endure.

Running directly parallel is the concept of pain, rooted all the way back into the Proto-Indo-European language having meant to be punished, and to suffer.

So when someone insists that whatever it is you choose in this life to make certain that it is something you have great passion for - is that truly cliche, or is there a deeper intuitive grasp of our language that subconsciously surfaces in the phrase?

No matter how much the subject matter is enjoyed or how proud of a project someone might be, anyone that has achieved a thing of significance in their chosen field will have no reservations explaining that the only way to greet those accomplishments was first to endure the challenges that preceded them.

"Nothing good ever comes easy" as they say.

For all one knows this may be an insight into the perpetual states of meaninglessness the modern person finds themselves looped into via the constant pursuit of pleasure based experiences.

Is the pain of and in passion the force that gives reason to our lives?

Often you will hear the stories told by figures of great success, and how in the moment of their triumph they did not discover the feelings of completeness they had once expected, but rather a question:

"What's next?"

This prevalent trial eludes to our suggestion; the award of accomplishment, the victory itself lends no respite, it's only a prelude to discovering our next aim.

Not for the sake of another winning moment, but to thrust ourselves into the struggle and strife of facing the challenges required to make it to the goal we've set.

To feel the pain of passion.

After all, what good is standing on a mountaintop if you don't make the climb?

Everyone has something they want, more than anything, but they have trouble convincing themselves they are strong enough to do what is necessary, to take on the tasks required that will bring them to the places most dreamt of.

Well here in this article I am not only claiming that you have the strength, but further asserting this is the exact reason you exist.

To force the world to marvel at your will power, the sheer grit of knowing you are capable and following through.

The real battle is on the mental plane - all the subjective and subliminal programming designed specifically to raise questions within yourself.

"How will I get this done?

"Can I really live up to my own expectation?"

"What if..?"

These questions are crafted solely to impede action - for the moment you take a breath, move them out of focus and take swift action they lose their power entirely.

For your great dominion in this life is to choose effort, consciously picking passion over procrastination.

You will have to endure either way; only you must discern whether you will bear the weight of the infinite thoughts or persist in action toward your destination.

There is no telling where exactly your life is headed, but is it not the curiosity of man that has led to all of the great discoveries within our universe?

Passion or not, pain will find you either way.

It is said the Buddha himself once stated that "life is suffering".

This man lived well over two thousand years ago, so interpretations apply.

Maybe what it means to 'find your passion' is to directly understand that which you are willing to endure unease, discomfort and pain for.

Perhaps passion is the root of all our lives.

"Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor." - Alexis Carrel