Yesterday I was feeling particularly blah. Over lunch, my good buddy Wenderina commented that I seemed to be shrugging or responding "whatever" a lot more lately. This got me wondering - have I lost my passion? Even more direct - what was my passion?
Interruption - my goodness, the last sentence sounds an awful lot like a reading from a book on tape. Wenderina gave me a book on tape, which is enjoyable but frustrating. For a silly little romp of a book that would take me two hours to read I am investing countless hours listening to 14 cassette tapes.
Back to our regularly scheduled posting...
Obviously of late, as in the last two years or so, my family has been my number one priority. LP is the most wondrous and spectacular thing in my life. I love her to pieces and channel a lot of my energy into all things LP. Just by existing she makes me feel more full, more alive than I even thought possible.
But, I can't think of what else I am passionate about - or have ever been passionate about. I know some people are passionate about their jobs, others about their hobbies.
Unfortunately, I am not a woman that has hobbies. (This is endlessly frustrating for the Hoos who never knows what to buy me for presents. If I just collected something or focused my energies on a particular type of project it would make his life much easier.) I love to read and cook. And, well, I couldn't imagine life without food. But since I am not in any way, shape or form passionate about exercising, I don't see eating as a full-on passion.
Don't get me wrong, my life is full. I am content. But I wonder if I am missing something.
What are you passionate about?
2 comments:
I'm like you... I don't have a hobby or really something that I'm passionate about other than my children.
Only it has always made me feel like a non-person. I guess I decorate my house??? But I hesitate to spend money on it.
Don't we all feel that way every now and then? Especially as we gradually work our way through the joys and challenges of parenting.
It's like we give everything to our families and then we have to set out on an adventure to find ourselves. Scary, yes, but very real.
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