Recently, I had the opportunity to meet a stranger from a bookstore who also loves my favorite author, Stephen King. It was wonderful to meet someone like that and have a conversation with someone who shared my love for reading Stephen King’s books, and our conversation reminded me of the importance of having a passion and how it brings great meaning to our lives.
What Is Passion?
It is critical to remember that having a “passion” does not always imply that you are attempting to be the “best” at something or that you are “lustful” for someone. Being passionate about someone or something means that it is touching your heart and mind in a way that moves you to the extent that you feel fulfilled.
Another critical factor is that pursuing a passion is not only important for maintaining your own mental health, but also for maintaining strong relationships with others.
What Is The Importance Of Passion In Our Relationships?
As mentioned earlier, passion can move you towards feeling fulfilled. This is the importance of passion in a relationship. It contributes to the greater fulfillment of all of your relationships, not only in a romantic one.
In a relationship, not feeling passionate about the people you’re with creates a void. This is the part where you will feel like there’s something wrong in the relationship even when, by looking at it, everything is almost perfect. What you haven’t actually noticed was a lack of interest in seeing or being with the other person in your relationship.
This is why passion is very important in our relationship. With passion, no matter how hard or whatever struggles we face over the people we are passionate about, we will ignore all of those negative things and just continue pursuing and fighting for our relationship.
How Does Passion Affect Our Fears?
Passion engenders courage because you are driven by a strong desire to realise a greater purpose than your fears.
– Tony Fahkry, Self-empowerment Author, Expert Speaker and Coach.
As Tony Fahkry said, being driven by passion gives you a deeper meaning of purpose. Unlike people who are unpassionate, most of the time their purpose has only revolved around their “fears”; finding your passion actually gives you a greater purpose than your fears.
So be it, find your passion and be inspired to be fearless in doing this because the time will also come when you will have overcome your fears with the help of your passion.
But it is important to take note that if your fear is already unmanageable and already affecting your daily functioning, please do not hesitate to seek help from a mental health professional like us. Shirley Therapeutic and Consulting Services, LLC is a diverse therapy clinic that can meet the needs of anyone. If you’d like to talk about your mental health, feel free to message us here.
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Discover your passion and improve your mental health. Dr Alison Block. (n.d.). Retrieved May 16, 2022, from http://dralisonblock.com/discover-your-passion-and-improve-your-mental-health/
Fahkry, T. (2018, January 23). Everyone is accustomed to fear, yet it is passion that makes you fearless. Medium. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://medium.com/the-mission/everyone-is-accustomed-to-fear-yet-it-is-passion-that-makes-you-fearless-1a3513e79d4c
Passion in a relationship: 10 top signs: Tony Robbins. tonyrobbins.com. (n.d.). Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://www.tonyrobbins.com/ultimate-relationship-guide/passionate-relationship/
Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, January 29). Passion (emotion). Wikipedia. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_(emotion)
