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Last night I was thinking, like I sometimes do, and I was thinking about my �thing� and other people�s �things� and whether or not everyone actually has a �thing.� Allow me to explain with an example. We were watching the news the other day, and there was a story about these deep water divers that go down without any oxygen - they train themselves to hold their breath for three, four plus minutes at a time, and they try to break world records or their own records or what have you - and that�s their thing! They love to see how long they can go and how deep they can get without coming up for air. Personally, that sounds like the most terrifying and worst possible way I could spend my time and enegy, but those particular people love it.
For me, my thing is writing. Or at least that was the thing that sparked other things that have entered my life, like blogging and now photography. Writing has been a part of my life literally as long as I can remember. It�s always been part of my identity. I was writing little stories and books and poems ever since I was a little kid, and people would always tell me I should be a writer someday. When you have a passion, and you�re doing it, there�s almost no greater high feeling. The only thing comparable for me might be eating a Gourdough�s doughnut. But I digress.
You see all these inspirational quotes everywhere, like �follow your bliss� and �if your dreams don�t scare you, they�re not big enough,� and stuff like that, but sometimes I think what about the people who don�t have a dream? Who weren�t born with that one thing they love doing and really fulfills them? What about them? I imagine it would be a strange feeling, when you see the world carrying on so much about �following your passions� when that doesn�t seem to really apply to you.
But as I was tumbling this little thought process along in my head, I think I came to the conclusion that I believe everyone really DOES have a thing. Even though it may be uncultivated or undiscovered yet. Maybe right now, it�s just something you really appreciate and admire. I always used to really appreciate and admire great photography, but never really imagined becoming a photographer myself, until that one day I felt a DSLR camera in my hands for the first time and something woke up inside me, as dumb as that sounds.
So if you�re one of those people without a defined passion yet, I guess I just wanted to say to you that I believe it�s there somewhere, waiting to be uncovered. A God-given talent or predisposition that will feel really good to find and will give your life extra purpose and excitement. It�s scary and awesome all at once. I hope you find it.
What about YOU? What is your thing? Do you have one yet, or not? Do you think people without a �thing� yet can still find one? It�s so interesting to hear about people�s passions. Like the freaks divers that like to hold their breath for extended periods of time and almost die on a regular basis, we are all unique, and I love to hear about what makes other�s tick.
Happy Hump Day!
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