Lets see how badly this turns out.

[wrai]

Now that I have something of an audience, it looks like a good time to ask for people's opinion's on things. Namely, have you noticed how some people have a passion about something? Something that helps define them? A couple of my friends here have art, back home there are the car people, the caffeine/alcohol/smoking people (person, I should say),

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[nukko]

a passion in definition is a strong emotion and enthusiasm for something, not necessarily including the actions which let it progress. with that stated, many people have many passions, some people carry one out to the fullest extent, few carry out them all.

i know people who eat sleep and breathe their musical instrument, their paintbrush, their pen.

for me, i'm just a dork who loves the ocean. i guess it is my passion, the learning, the researching. but it's not all i eat sleep and breathe. it's passion enough that i would gear my life towards it, and probably would be upset if i didn't make a career out of it. but not so much that i don't have time for other things i enjoy. namely music, reading, philosophical thoughts and wondering if i'm ever going to have a social life as good as i want it.

i think you can pursue anything you enjoy. if it makes you happy, it's a passion. all you have to do is keep doing whatever it is. either you will be good at it, or okay at it, or may not be good at it at all, but as long as you still do it enthusiastically and genuinely enjoy it, i think that it can be your passion anyway. you don't necessarily have to be the best.

..that's my two cents. lol