J.B. has a dilemma that I can relate with. I saw in a newsletter this morning that J.B. wants fulfilment in what he’s doing, that he has financial success but doesn’t know his passion. I understand so well what he’s talking about because I was there for years and having come out on the other side of that grey space I have a thought or two about that kind of thing. Not a pat answer but some notions about what happened with me. Of course no one is asking for my advice about how to find their passion and I don’t blame them. I’m not an expert or a psychologist. But I am a person who for years was aware that I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life or where I wanted it to go.
To go off on a bit of a tangent I’ve always been somewhat in awe of people who combine disparate talents and abilities, such as architects. The good ones combine a well-honed artistic and aesthetic sense with a grounded, practical ability to know what will work in the real world. The good ones aren’t designing a pie in the heavenly sky. Their buildings may soar skywards but they are rooted in the earth, they work, and they don’t fall down. I wonder and marvel at what must be going on in their heads (the architects, not the buildings).
Web designers are another example of opposing capabilities. The good ones can make a site look pleasing and inviting and also understand all that practical, numerical mumbo-jumbo that goes on behind the scenes.
In the end my passion came from two quite different life-long interests. I can’t say I found it because I didn’t. It found me after a long period of time and after I quit looking for it. All my life I’ve been intensely passionate about animals and wildlife. And for all of my adult life I’ve been a keen advocate of nutrition and natural health. So, when Jessie‘s extreme itch misery began, two of my great interests meshed to help me create the product to give her relief. And because of my great love of animals I wanted to do the same for other dogs. So Petology just evolved.
I suspect finding a passion cannot be forced or demanded. It seems to creep up on you when you’re least expecting it and wriggles its way in. For me everything finally came together in the right way at the right time and the right situation. Looking back I am stunned at how flawlessly it all went. Friends left the country so I had the time. BJ was also finding new energy and interests after a long illness. Jessie presented the problem that led to the solution. It all has gone so smoothly I feel like a fish running with the tide and I definitely believe this is a gift from the Universe to be treated with total respect and love.
