My younger sister adheres to a mantra that I believe should be adapted to anyone who has personal ambitions and goals. "Do with passion or don't do it all"
I wholeheartedly agree.
Growing up in the U.S. it was preached to me from various people from teachers to parents I could be anything and do anything I wanted. Even Marty McFly said "If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything" So all throughout grade school I held on to that. I put my mind to my math, science, reading classes and thankfully I accomplished by getting my diploma.
Now on to college I remember attending an orientation and the speaker was talking about how young scholars are beginning to figure what they wanted to do in life and he brought up that magical quote that pretty much shaped up my childhood. But then he said something that I had not yet thought about until that point. He pointed out the fact that sure you could put your mind to something to accomplish but it was only half of the journey. What if you don't even like that something? Why spend your life doing something you're not even passionate about?
Boom. Life changed. Epiphany right at the beginning of college.
I was like, by golly, this man is right! I've been putting my mind to so many things I hardly had interest in! And it just made me think: how many us do it with passion? Keep it 100? Michael Jackson accomplished so much in music but he was clearly passionate about it. Jordan excelled in basketball because he loved the game. Heck, even Jesus died on the cross for us because He loves humanity.
It's one thing to put your mind to something but it's an even more beautiful thing to put your mind to something and work at it because you're doing it with a natural passion for it. I don't know I guess I'm just one of those people that believes that if you're not putting your all or giving it 100 then there isn't any point. I mean isn't acclaim more satisfying when one does something because one clearly loves doing it versus someone who just does it for doing sake?
I wholeheartedly agree.
Growing up in the U.S. it was preached to me from various people from teachers to parents I could be anything and do anything I wanted. Even Marty McFly said "If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything" So all throughout grade school I held on to that. I put my mind to my math, science, reading classes and thankfully I accomplished by getting my diploma.
Now on to college I remember attending an orientation and the speaker was talking about how young scholars are beginning to figure what they wanted to do in life and he brought up that magical quote that pretty much shaped up my childhood. But then he said something that I had not yet thought about until that point. He pointed out the fact that sure you could put your mind to something to accomplish but it was only half of the journey. What if you don't even like that something? Why spend your life doing something you're not even passionate about?
Boom. Life changed. Epiphany right at the beginning of college.
I was like, by golly, this man is right! I've been putting my mind to so many things I hardly had interest in! And it just made me think: how many us do it with passion? Keep it 100? Michael Jackson accomplished so much in music but he was clearly passionate about it. Jordan excelled in basketball because he loved the game. Heck, even Jesus died on the cross for us because He loves humanity.
It's one thing to put your mind to something but it's an even more beautiful thing to put your mind to something and work at it because you're doing it with a natural passion for it. I don't know I guess I'm just one of those people that believes that if you're not putting your all or giving it 100 then there isn't any point. I mean isn't acclaim more satisfying when one does something because one clearly loves doing it versus someone who just does it for doing sake?