Have you ever seen people that drift through life with seemingly NO direction or purpose? You ever woner why so many people with degrees in one area end up unhappy with their job or end up doing something completely unrelated to what they WANT to do?

Now on the other hand, have you seen people that seem to LOVE what they do...almost as if they were MADE for their profession??  This is because these people have found their PASSION.

This is what sets the extraordinary from the ordinary, the leaders from the followers.  A person with purpose and passion will always have JOY, and that's much more valuable than happiness. (Joy is long-lasting, happiness changes like the weather.)  They'll always have something to look forward to in life, and bring a sense of peace to their lives and the lives of others.

How does one find their passion? I believe it all starts with making sure you have a strong foundation within yourself--being fully aware of where you stand morally. There are people in this world that will tell you anything and pull u in a variety of different directions, and if you don't have a great sense of who you are, you'll fall for anything.  Constant prayer, self-evaluation, and knowing who your TRUE friends are is a great start to building a solid foundation in your life.

Exposure should be next on the agenda...stepping outside of your comfort zone and committing yourself to soaking up all that the world has to offer. I encourage everyone I meet to try new things and be diverse in your extracurricular activities.  You'd be surprised at how much you'll learn about yourself by putting yourself in different environments.  If you limit yourself, you limit your potential--potential to be successful, potential to find true happiness.

I can only speak for myself, and, as a person that has found his passion, I can say it is an unexplainable feeling. Encouraging and empowering others, leadership, and political change are my passions in life, and to be able to identify them early will make a world of differnce in your outlook on your surroundings. I go to bed and wake up every day thinking about what I can do to feed my passions. That's the attitude that finding your calling in life will bring out of you.

Take some time this week and really search within yourself...what are you striving for? What's important to you? What are some things you just can't imagine yourself NOT doing? Once you find the answers to these questions, you're well on your way to finding your passion.