I think the key to finding passion is to keep in mind that it’s as temporary as anything else. So we should cultivate a sense of wonder and discovery in our everyday lives. Make living our passion, and everything else is just seasoning.
Side comment: paper staying dry? Strategically placed canopy, made by stitching together hundreds of polite rejection notes from editors. Have I mentioned I was writing for The New Yorker when I was 16? Of course, the editors of The New Yorker didn't know it. I never sent them anything. But I was writing for them.
By the way, love Mark Manson's stuff. Great example of not giving a... fig about what people think helps you get good enough that you can not give a fig about what people think, even when they think you're great.
Thanks. I really needed this today.
Me too, Nancy.
I know your work. You tell stories good. And well. And it doesn't matter whether I think so or not. But I do. Keep going.
It matters to me. Thanks Donn.
Such a great piece! I used to have my passion, but lots of change around it has taken that passion away. I'm hoping to one day find it again!
And your caption on your last image made me laugh out loud! Something that's always needed!
I think the key to finding passion is to keep in mind that it’s as temporary as anything else. So we should cultivate a sense of wonder and discovery in our everyday lives. Make living our passion, and everything else is just seasoning.
I’m happy I made you laugh!
Very well said!
Such a great word of encouragement, Kevin. Thank you. 🙏
Side comment: paper staying dry? Strategically placed canopy, made by stitching together hundreds of polite rejection notes from editors. Have I mentioned I was writing for The New Yorker when I was 16? Of course, the editors of The New Yorker didn't know it. I never sent them anything. But I was writing for them.
By the way, love Mark Manson's stuff. Great example of not giving a... fig about what people think helps you get good enough that you can not give a fig about what people think, even when they think you're great.
My passion? I read. They don’t pay for that. I do. And you do. Thanks.
303050 Again, you hit the nail on the head. Joy in the work is essential for joy in in a person’s life. Thanks again!
thank you for this.
What a beautiful way of expressing the difference between labor and excitement. My “writing”is painting. It makes me swim.
Yo Kevin,
Enjoyed your account of Mark Harmon's Journey – his hard work, his brave left turn, his unearthing of the treasure of writing.