Why You Should Not Let Your Passions Go

My mind was in a deranged mode when I happened to chat with this stranger whom I came across in social media. I got a bit thrilled knowing him. Seeing his friend request where we don't even have a mutual friend. I really have no idea why someone like him would asked me to be his facebook friend, it's quite an honor frankly but I wasn't able to ask him why. I guess it's just a random act we used to do daily in the FB world. I accepted his request and scroll more upon his profile, and whoa, this time I got so speechless, all I was manage to say was "Wow" with my mouth hanging wide open, just "wow". Seeing his posts, specially his masterpiece, photos, blogs, it's all incredible. Just reading every caption of his photos, I already knew he has something to say. Given the kind of his profession as well, he is not just an ordinary person you get to stumble upon everyday. If you also wish to know him, visit his blog  The Backpacking Pilot, or like his facebook page @thebackpackingpilot or follow his Instagram accounts Jayps and streetscapade. 



Out of curiosity, well sometimes it gets the best of me, I dared asked him "How to be you po?" He just laughed and said, "hahahaha anu yan?! lol" and I laughed as well with the kind of reaction I got from him, but I told him "I'm not kidding though" and he asked me why. Well I just told him, "you just seem to have it all, I envy that". I'm just being honest because that's what I really feel (being a millennial and undergoing a quarter life crises). And he replied back, saying "ay di naman.. Shempre pinopost ko sa social media are the good stuff" (oh not really, of course what I post in social media are the good stuff). Well he's right but still, he loves what he does and it's something that most people can't do and can't have. And that's how we came to talk about passion, well actually I just asked and asked him and he was just complied to answer most of my questions. Haha lol! It's just what happens when I get my inquisitive side take action.

According to him, doing the things you love is the most important thing but the hard part is finding what your passion is. And when you find it, you shouldn't let it go. But what happens if we found our passion but it is hard for us to pursue? Well he said, "because we have this impression that our passion should be something we have a mastery of- where people would say that you are good at it or you think you are doing it perfectly so it seems hard. "But if you think of passion as something you just want to do, you don't have to be perfect with it. You just do it because you love doing it, so I don't see why it's hard." There are lots of reasons of why we cannot do the things we are passionate about. I think that's ok. But the saddest things is letting go of your passion because of obligations, responsibilities, excuses or laziness etc. So, just work toward how you will be able to do your passion again."



Well, there it is. I guess he's right and I couldn't agree more. I'm really impressed, made me think about it a lot and what inspired me to write it up. It's something worth sharing and if inspiring people is what my passion is, (guess I'm still not sure about that), then maybe this would be a good way to continue pursuing it. I hope I'd get a chance to talk to him again, see what he can say about other things as well. 

So just like this video, are you living your passions too? 




I hope you do.

-Daphne

Comments

  1. Military BulletinApril 17, 2017 at 4:42 AM

    Thank you Daph for this inspiring story. Keep inspiring us and be a beacon of light to those in confusion stage like me.

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