Too Much Love

Passion.

That's one thing that I've never messed around with. I've always been very passionate about my life, my interests, my goals, my relationships, my responsibilities, my actions, and my words. Living any other way, to me at least, would just be inadequate.

People go through life each and every day with hesitation. Why? There are a lot of reasons people do this, and one of them is because they're afraid. They're afraid of making mistakes, afraid of being hurt, afraid of being laughed at by others, afraid of failure, afraid of going outside their comfort zone, afraid of the risks....you get the picture.

I, on the other hand, try my best not to think of those distractions. Yes, I called them distractions. They are distractions because they easily get in the way of what we really want; and often, they get in the way of what we need. People need not distraction, but motivation. Motivation to win, motivation to succeed, motivation to be truly satisfied, motivation to be truly happy. How can you do that if you're afraid? You can't.

I'm way too passionate sometimes....actually, all the time. Is there such a thing? Is there such a thing as "too much passion" or "too much love"? Yes. Absolutely. When I find something that I love, my passions take over immediately. Example: In high school, I devoted an ungodly amount of time to sports. I ate, slept, dreamed, and lived sports; and on numerous occasions it came back to bite me. But would I change anything if I could do it over again? Absolutely not in a million years. Why? Because I was happy. That's the way I am, and that's the way I'll always be.

I've mentioned this quote before, and I'll do it again. A dear friend once said, "I feel that a person's happiness comes from the pursuit of their passions." He always speaks the truth.

Have you ever wanted something really bad, so bad that you'd do anything to get it? When you find that one thing, are you hesitant? Are you afraid? Are you scared? Are you willing to give up just because of the risk? No. You're not. You go for it. You go get it. You do it. You don't halfheartedly go through the motions hoping everything works out in the end.

You don't climb Mt. Everest with a halfhearted effort. You don't succeed with halfhearted goals. You don't win with a halfhearted team. You don't become the best when you settle for average. You don't finish first when middle of the pack is okay. You don't get up every day saying, "I can't wait to be average again."

I love life. I go through every day, every minute, every step, every breath, every friend, every action, and every moment with too much passion; with too much love. I've failed a million times more than I've won; but those wins outweigh the failures by a million tons.

Yes, you might be happy with average.

I'm not.