It’s All About Passion
Passion is a desire that comes from within. It’s that driving force at the root of our ambitions. My encounters with people, over the last decade, in this industry have taught me that there is a standard here and a common complacency within the community. There’s a price to pay for speaking your mind, so be sure to keep your opinions in check. Where I felt so many lacked passion, I later discovered, was a complicated scenario. In few words, the general consensus I got from them was fear. Still, why no fight? Did they simply have no desire to create change? Is their silence out of fear that something would happen to their livelihood? Did they just not care enough? All of the above, perhaps.
I was often the one to break away from the crowd, to stand up when everyone else was sitting down. I spoke up, when everyone else was silent. When I care enough to pursue something, whether it be out of spontaneity, impulse or pure aggression, there is passion behind my actions. When I fail, but get back up to try again, that’s passion. When I see people walking around in the street with blank faces on a beautiful day, that’s a lack of passion. When I see people glued to their hand-held devices, rather than watching the cars coming at them, as they cross the street, I see a lack of passion (and I secretly wish they’d get hit by the car, just enough to wake them the hell up).
What on earth has happened to society? Are we so glued in that we’re clued out? Putting life into perspective; where is our passion?
Hal are discussing. 
amanda36c 
Hal 11:13 pm on May 12, 2011 Permalink |
so true.. when TV became mainstream many thought that this was not beneficial, not only further regulating our lives but allowed others to know where you were at a certain time, no family unit, no social events like the church dance sort of thing in the past where you actually met your neighbours, we just keep alienating ourselves…. think our generation is bad look at high school students.. talk about blank and plugged in, and then look at elementary students… i fear for our species lol
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Hal 11:29 pm on May 12, 2011 Permalink |
doesn’t even have to be plugged in.. was driving down a suburban street yesterday, no sidewalks, the recycling bins were out further narrowing the street and had a car oncoming, i move over the right to allow us to pass each other, and here comes this guy toward the street mowing his lawn, not only was oblivious to me me coming at him, he walks into the road with his lawnmower, and does an about turn to start a new line going back, i stopped maybe 2 feet in front of the side of him expecting him to go what the hell,.. he still didn’t even notice me
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amanda36c 7:28 am on May 14, 2011 Permalink |
That’s not surprising, at all. Sometimes, I feel like I’ve stumbled into the Twilight Zone. The more I look at how detached people have become with reality, in large part, as a result of their addiction to these devices, the less interested I am in being a part of it. Seriously. I don’t even own a Blackberry or a cell phone, for this reason. Sometimes, it’s downright embarrassing to admit I’m a part of this society. Kids are walking around slumped, with their pants falling off, focused more on that stupid device in their hands, reading someone’s tweet about how much they love sushi, than on the world around them, the car coming at them or the beautiful day it is outside! Does the phrase “stop and smell the roses” even register in today’s world? God forbid they should take their eyes off the device long enough to cross the street. It is my opinion that we have finally gotten to the point where it’s safe to say, we live in the absolute laziest society to ever exist!
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