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By Premium Writer Denise Turney (www.chistell.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Consider your passion. This is an activity that you absolutely love engaging in. Could be in the creative arts, business, technical, scientific, social or educational field. For instance, you might love spending hours working in a dark room, developing new photographs. Even if you made a lot of money from your passion, there may be no bigger reward than the joy that you feel while you\u2019re deeply involved in your passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avoid The Trap<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No amount of money may center you in that type of joy. If you already pursue your passion, you probably are familiar with this. Yet, in this world, you could miss this fact and start chasing external approval, awards or titles. Even more, you could start seeing your passion as primarily a means to bring more and more money into your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For certain, you wouldn\u2019t be the first to do this. As much as I don\u2019t like to say it, I fell into this trap, lingering in the trap for several years. If I didn\u2019t sell a lot of books, I told myself that it wasn\u2019t worth it to write a new book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, I shifted out of this trap. After I was out of this snare, I realized that the more important thing was to \u201cdo the work\u201d. Makes good sense to me now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, without the work, there are slimmer chances of getting to the book sales success that I want. But, there was another lesson that was birthed in the realization that \u201cdoing the work\u201d was the more important goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s So Simple<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, that other lesson was the importance of valuing how engaging in my passion helped to open me up to joy. Spend five minutes in joy and you might come to see that there\u2019s no better feeling than joy. Add to that how easy it is to get into joy simply by engaging in your passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talk about your passion being a blessing. For this reason, be encouraged to return to your passion. Should you not return to your passion, you could rob yourself of a lot of joy and satisfaction. Let that occur and no amount of work, food or sleep might feel like enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sounds simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, it\u2019s not always so simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stop Avoiding Passion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a busy world, full or responsibilities, deadlines and distractions. Get distracted or caught up in other \u201csafe\u201d or \u201ccomfortable\u201d pursuits and years could pass without you even thinking about your passion, let alone engaging in it. In fact, you might even convince yourself that you just don\u2019t have time to pursue your deepest passions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should this be where you are right now, consider pausing. Think about the power and the importance of joy. There\u2019s a wealth of power in joy<\/a>. Then, start to search for activities to spend less time with, making room to engage in your passion. Of course, do this with love. In other words, don\u2019t cut down the time that you spend with your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find The Time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, carve out \u201cmeaningless\u201d activities, things that you do merely to fill up time. Take this rediscovered time and focus on what you truly love to do. The payoff might be greater than you could ever imagine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have to make the shift though. It really is true that you won\u2019t know what could come of your passions if you don\u2019t work them. What you do could bless you, those around you and generations to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s to finding the time to pursue your deepest passions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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