PASSION

Focal point :  Passion as a trigger to vitality & well-being! 
 
Some early mornings as I hover over a new page in my journal gazing at virgin white ,  a solitary word or image sticks with  me.   Today the word is “PASSION”,  as I have been fired up since last evening with that intrinsic enthusiasm , that self-propelling energy & drive.

Passion can reach out from a variety of sources and take different forms. 

1. Watching  a short video clip of Oprah , while working out.    She is with a 70-year-old ardent fan who exudes youth & vitality  , is in the pink of health ,  and looks decades younger than her age .  (( When pictured with her  50-year-old son , they could be mistaken for partners ))   Her secret ?  Maintaining a healthy passion for life ,  living each day enthusiastically ,  doing things she enjoys.  This advice from someone who was pregnant at 20 , divorced at 21  ,  who shouldered much responsibility singly and had to make it alone.   A half-measure attitude gets you half-measure results.   Passion and Whole-heartedness are her secrets.    
(That and frequent “moisturizing”😊 )   

2. An enjoyable night at a small local club , you and I .  Pleasure to be in the physical company of friends , something we didn’t appreciate enough in the pre-zoom era.  Simple and friendly staff  ,  surrounded by music-loving semicentennials ,  a live band belting out 60’-80’s pop …. Life is kind.   Swaying to the beat.  Dance moves that we have perfected over the years.   Comforting familiarity.    An impromptu kiss that speaks volumes and squeezes my heart . 
Déjà vu synchronicity.   Years of partnership , of quiet kindness and consideration ,  a different kind of passion ignited by gratitude.  
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3. The band gathers momentum ,  and I am thrilled to hear opening bars of “Give me Hope Joanna” by Eddy Grant.   The dance floor fills up quickly by music lover who don't want to waste peppy measures.  But the absolute star of the evening is the chef that FLIES out of her kitchen , unable to hold back and resist the music !!!  She bounds on to the dance floor in uniform, and takes to the beat like one possessed !!  A  mix of John Travolta’s hands and Michael Jackson’s moonwalking feet rolled into one.   Metronomic vibrancy !  Tiredness non-existent even  after the efforts of a 150-person buffet dinner.    Passion can do that to you sometimes.   Her intense energy , her movements , her aura  …..  were double amazing.  I stared transfixed , and so inspired.     Dance like no ones’ watching ?  The whole world could have been but she couldn't care less.  Totally absorbed in the moment.  The epitome of  flow.   Even the band watched and obliged with an extended version of Joanna  , scared to break her spell.  A delightful little incident and lesson learnt.    

Passion  can be triggered simply ,  within and around us .  A matter of perspective and choice ,    that swap between our inherent kinetic and potential energy ……  the pendulum effect of whole-hearted passion and purpose that steam rolls into great things  !   The universe reminding us to let our hair down and  NOT postpone JOY. 

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