09/14/2021
Many people attempt to hold a raging fire within themselves, but it uncomfortably and relentlessly nibbles at their core. Some have actually tried to cover it up with alcohol, numb it with drugs, conceal it with shopping, kids, work, or faith, or fuel it with s*x. The Infant Boomers looked for eternal youth and to change the world. They believed they would never mature, but they did. They thought they would change the world and they did. The previous generation tried to find the American Dream. Some found it. Many did not. Today generation appears to be seeking success. Yet, the space in between the 'haves' and the 'have nots' expands. Each generation and each person, in turn, look for something, but it often slips from their grasp. The fire brings both energy and discomfort. The secret is to use the discomfort as a motivator and the energy as fuel. Redfield in the 'Celestine Prophecy' talks of the requirement for a historical point of view. The first man or lady met his/her physical requirements. Then she or he checked out and dominated the world and put it to their collective service. Now we seek something and we do not seem to know what it is. When we are connected to our roots and our souls, enthusiasm increases rapidly and presses us the next level of life or knowing or love. It does not need to be the love of a mate. It might be imaginative passion, fueling what we do for ourselves, work, neighborhood, or family. Anything where the totality of who you are is absorbed in the doing, requires passion. To lose it, is soul death, or a minimum of deep sleep. It will weep to be heard when it sleeps. I have actually sometimes been afraid of my enthusiasm. It appears so fierce sometimes. I think I fear it will consume me and nothing else will matter. I understand that can happen. I've had a little taste of it when I work for hours into the night, so soaked up by my work that I forget the time, sleeping, and eating. But, I likewise know that I must have time in my life to live the everyday life of doing the ordinary things that must be done. Balance is most likely still the key, but you need to not lose your enthusiasm entirely. Your life will be too dry and dull without it. Remember your puppy love? Nothing else mattered. You felt as if you would walk to the ends of the earth for that love. Remember that? While that very first enthusiastic, all consuming love does not last, it offers us a taste of a force within ourselves that carries remarkable energy. Search for your passion and it will discover you.
