Guess what?
This past week has been one 7-day-longggg slump.
You know the kind of days I'm talking about? You feel swiped. Empty. Bored. Aimless. Scared. Out of it. Just plain l-o-w. They are the worst kind of days. I still can't figure out why they come around every once and awhile...but some how they always manage to blind me of the joy and contentment that I usually keep a firm grasp on. All I can think of when thinking of those kind of days is EW.
So I've been trying to find a secret cure-all ingredient (if you will) that makes those low days go and I THINK I'VE FOUND IT! This little buddy is what makes me smile, makes me squeal with happiness, makes me so excited that I just cannot help but shake some spirit fingers out of pure excitement. It's PASSION. P-a-s-s-i-o-n.
For me, passion is an internal fire that can light up your entire soul. It turns on your internal light and makes everything seem clearer and more obtainable and just plain happier. It gives you hope and direction and joy. It radiates from you and becomes absolutely contagious to anyone around you. But what gets you passionate? What lights your soul up? Where do you turn to find your joy and direction and hope? Or, on those especially gross days, what is it that reminds you that passion exists?
Here's my list:
-Talking about the future (something about planning out what I want to be doing a year from now just gets me going)
-Pretty pictures (the kind of pictures that you just stare at for 5 minutes in awe of)
-Listening to people talk about things they are passionate about (I'm very easily inspired so when I hear someone talking about what they l-o-v-e I cannot help but smile along with them)
-Optimistic music (the non-cheesy, yet still inspirational type)
-Creating something colorful and fun (only when I'm feeling patient)
Honestly though, my favorite thing about passion is Who makes it. When I'm smack dab in the middle of those joyful and passionate highs, sometimes I'm stopped dead in my tracks by the thought that JESUS makes those passions. I guarantee each of the things we are each independently passionate about are not the same. We've each been designed with special passions....and sometimes we get to join up with different people and bond over things we're equally passionate about...those rushes of passion and surges of sheer joy are where Jesus is LIVING! He not only made those precious moments but He is PRESENT there! He has shown up and is getting pumped with us!!! He gets a rush from seeing the LOVE and PASSION and JOY radiate from us because it is a reflection of HIM! If that doesn't give you chills, to realize Jesus is in our midst, then I don't know what will! PRAISE.
Now here is a picture of a baby monkey that makes me smile & hopefully it'll make someone else smile too :)
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