My whole focus on what's going on with my journey has taken yet another turn--several, in fact. Here's the Readers' Digest version:
- I'm not moving to Seattle in the very near future. I'm still moving there but not, perhaps, until I retire and can move into senior housing that's actually in the Market.
- I'm become addicted to photography and can't seem to get enough of it.
- I've discovered I actually do have a passion.
- I'm in complete transition and it's just fine with me.
For years I've been hearing, "follow your bliss," "do what you love and the money will follow," "take the Passion Test so you can do what is your heart's desire." All well and good but I didn't feel like I had a passion. Sure, I love to write but it's something I enjoy, not a passion. The same is true for knitting, quilting, being a Virtual Assistant, spiritual growth, cooking, well, pretty much everything in my life.
It was actually pretty depressing to have all these people telling me I needed to discover my passion and go after that when I couldn't seem to find it.
Lynne, my coach, said that some people don't have a single passion, that they simply have a passion for living life to its fullest (my apologies to you, Lynne, if that wasn't quite what you said). That was nice--an easy out--but not exactly what I wanted to hear. I wanted to know what I was passionate about so I could do all those wonderful things people kept talking about.
I found it! It's photography! Imagine that! Here's the interesting part. A friend got me interested. I had no idea this was something I'd even like let alone love.
In fact, if you go back to my blog of September 29th, you'll see where I said photography wasn't a passion. Well, back then it wasn't.
Isn't this all so very exciting? I don't think it really changes anything all that much--it may in the future but for now I think things are pretty much the same except that I live for the days I can go out and take more photos and then get them developed so I can see the beauty of what I photographed live on in my work. It's a very special feeling.
That's it for now.
Until next time...