One of my favorite movies of all time is Fight Club. There is a monologue in the movie that talks about what Men are looking for. And Edward Norton about how Fight Club becomes the reason to cut your hair short, or trim you nails. Well, I think the reason that I love that movie is because it rings so true. Everyone is looking for something they can be passionate about. Buying a new set of pillows, or even a new TV become hollow and empty after a short time. The movie hits on the fact that we are all consumers that think just buying the next gadget, or bigger house will finally make us happy. And the simple fact is that for most of us, buying something, making more money or buying that bigger boat won’t make us happy. It will leave us empty and just looking for the next thing to fill the hole, even for a moment.
Why do I talk about this? Well, a few weeks ago, I mentioned that I’d love to play flag football again. I said it in passing while driving the kids somewhere. Within a few minutes, my awesome wife found a league local to me. I did some homework and signed up. I even got my good friend Brice to join me. Well, last week was our first game. We got smoked!!! And you know what? It didn’t matter. I was so happy to be out there playing, that I didn’t even care about losing. I was out there competing and loving life. I found some of my passion that I lost long ago. And let me tell you, this is like my Fight Club. I find myself working out and stretching daily now, to help me prep for the next football game. I even traded in my slinky for a football as my thinking toy at home 🙂
So… why do you care? why am I writing this? because finding your passion is the most important thing in life. Maybe you are lucky and already know what you are passionate about and enjoying it daily or weekly. Or maybe you are more like me, and you lost your passion somewhere in the hustle and bustle of daily life. Don’t know where to start? look back at your life before spouse and kids. What did you love to spend your time doing? If that doesn’t help, go all the back to being a kid on summer break. What did you look forward to you doing? I’m sure it wasn’t buying new furniture or expanding the deck. But maybe it was building birdhouses or playing softball. Good luck finding your passion. Finding this first piece for me was huge. Now I’m looking for more 🙂
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