Follow your passion, we’re often told. But how do you find your passion? Let me put it another way: what is it that breaks your heart about the world? It’s there that you begin to find what moves you. If you want to find your passion, surrender to your heartbreak. Your heartbreak points towards a truer north — and it’s the difficult journey towards it that is, in the truest sense, no mere passing idyllic infatuation, but enduring, tempestuous passion.
Interpretation
Finding your passion involves understanding what profoundly affects you emotionally.
This quote emphasizes that discovering one's passion is not merely about following generic advice, but rather about introspection and recognizing what deeply moves or disturbs you. The author suggests that heartbreak can be a powerful indicator of your true passions, guiding you towards pursuits that offer both meaning and fulfillment, even when the path is challenging.
In practice
This quote can inspire students deciding on their career paths during a motivational speech.
I'm firmly of the belief that your youth should be spent pursuing your passion - not just slightly, tremulously, haltingly, but unrelentingly, with a vengeance, to the max and then beyond. So dream laughably big - and then take an absurdly huge risk or two.
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Feminine power is silent, dark, mysterious, healing, nurturing. A woman can walk into a room and control it. She doesn't even have to open her mouth if she knows where her power is.
I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.
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