Passion

When I do something, I attack it.  I don't quit until I've tried pretty much everything.  I try new things all the time, but I don't dabble, I get really into one thing at a time and beat it to death.

In high school I ate, slept, and breathed theatre.  For a while in college, I was super into Tae Bo.  When I started working at a domestic violence shelter, I learned everything I could about how to relate to my clients.  Last year I learned to play the bass guitar because I wanted to be in a band with my friends.

I've been passionate about all these things.  Passion is about defining who we are - about finding our place to belong.  When we are passionate about something, we are claiming it as part of ourselves.  I am _______.

However, as I think about passonate living, I realize I have abandoned many of my previous endeavors because I grew tired of them.  Perhaps it is part of being in my 20s and, up until this point, I have been defining myself and tweaking out the kinks.  But part of me has to wonder, when will I be satisfied?  Will my passion always burn hot and then flame out?  Will I be able to find something about which to remain passionate, aside from my Lord?  And this brings me to more questions about what I should be doing and how I should be serving.

In true academic form, my questions only lead to more questions.

K.