Sunday, June 08, 2008
Giving it all, or not
How can you believe in something so much, yet not give all you have for it?
That was a question I asked. Somebody gave me an answer, but it was not what I was looking for.
The answer illustrated how a vision always starts from a leader, and there will be a team to support it. The members of the team work together, some might play more pivotal roles, some might play smaller roles.
The answer was not wrong, but it just didn't satisfy me.
Then something enlightened me.
I have a friend who declared he was gonna give all he can to go after this girl, even AFTER the girl recently said she had no more feelings left for him.
Dumb right? As a friend, I totally disapprove his decision in hanging on to the possibility of being with her. He told me he'd still go for his one shot, and there was this sense of unjust he felt.
I couldn't understand why, why so foolish?
Then I realised, Passion.
Nobody can understand your passion more than you, yourself.
The person who gave me that answer just didn't share the same passion as me.
When you have so much passion for something, it just doesn't feel right sitting there and watching time pass by. It doesn't even feel right, until you know you have given your all for it.
People, even your closest ones, can advice you otherwise and deem you silly, but there will be a sense of unjust when you have not achieved what is rightful to you.
Hold on to your passion. Constantly dream it, refine it, expand it and practice it.
You'll be happier being called a fool for your passion, then to have your passion pass away, while leading an unfulfilled life.
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How can you believe in something so much, yet not give all you have for it?
Actually i think passion can only carry you so far. Because passion is not an eternal huge flame, picture a small nozzle at the end of a flame thrower which is always burning a small blue flame, but only occasionally does the person behind the trigger shoots out the flammable liquid which releases the flame thrower's full devastating effect.
But if the small little flame at the end of the flame thrower dies out, no matter how much ammo there is in the tank, the user cannot use the weapon anymore.
Likewise, a person cannot do what he should do, even if he wants to do it, if he doesn't have passion to do it anymore.
Hey anonymous, i dun really get what u mean on the flamethrower part. but the point is, action has to accompany passion, otherwise passion dies out. When action comes with passion, something great can be achieved. Maybe my definition of passion is wrong, but to me, passion is a strong belief in something.
To uphold and carry that belief (or the flame), action must be taken to develop the passion further.
In the world today, there are many great inventors, designers, entrepreneurs and etc. However, there is nothing new under the sun.
An idea that comes springing up could be possibly shared by two, tens or even hundreds or people around the world. But it is only the person that takes the idea to the next level and works his ass off on it will achieve something great.
Sometimes passion gets you into too much trouble especially when you believe in something so much when it just isn't true.. Like believing that someone you love actually did love you just as much when in fact she/he did not. So passion is a strong and wonderful thing but it ought to be thought through before you really give up everything for it because you might just end up with a regret that you did fight for something not true..
sean:
you're right. I guess I missed that out - i don't believe that anything is unachievable, unless of course when it comes to forcing/changing another person's will.
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