No matter your age, find something to be passionate about in life. It’s not only a luxury for the young — it becomes more essential as you get older. When you’re young, life throws passions at you. Later, life gets quieter, and unless you fill that space, days can start to feel very long and insignificant. Passion is what pushes you forward.
It gives your time shape. For years a job or raising a family did that. A real passion does the same — it has a learning curve, a sense of progress, a problem to solve tomorrow that you didn’t solve today. It keeps you moving, thinking, and taking care of yourself because you have somewhere you want to be next week.
The best passions also keep you connected. They put you in a room with people who care about the same thing. Shared interest is the fastest way to make real friends at any age. And it doesn’t have to be grand. It can be restoring something, mentoring someone, perfecting a recipe, or learning something you’ve put off for 50 years.
Forget finding your “one true calling.” Just pay attention to what you lose track of time doing, what bothers you enough that you want to fix it, and what you’re curious about when no one is watching. You don’t need to be the best at it or make money at it. You just need to choose it and then show up. At 20, passion proves who you are — at every age after that, it proves you are still becoming. And that’s important.
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.” – Colossians 3:23
Being About The Journey 