...with Passion

I look back at this year. I see what I was missing. I was missing the passion that makes me complete. Perhaps I am learning to have limits. Perhaps I am realizing my lack of superhuman powers. But passion was so detached from my life this year.

Live... with Passion.
I want to do things I love. I want to protest. I want to dig my hands in the earth. I want to travel and explore. I want to challenge myself. I want to think, really think. I want to learn. I want to make an impact on the world. I want to better understand people. I want to share wonderful experiences with my friends.

Love... with Passion.
Oh my how I want to love. Yesterday I was at a local cafe for breakfast for a friend and while I waited for everyone to come a man came in with flowers to the cafe. He waited anxiously. Then a waitress came up to the man and he offered her the flowers. I assumed they were together, but then he asked her out. What incredible bravery. But sadly she said no. Not totally ridiculous, but it was such a romantic moment.

Fall... with Passion.
Don't fail with grace. Fail with passion. When you keep fighting, keep fighting till you fall down hard. It's tough to be passionate about something. I put my heart into Berkeley. I could have put even more effort into Berkeley. But I now let go. I am falling in my own sense. It hurts so much. It makes me want to cry every night. I regret it in so many ways. But it is when we fall with passion that we can be proud of ourselves. I am proudly letting go of Berkeley. I achieved something and all the passion I put into my studies and activities was thanks to the motivation Berkeley offered. I fall now, but the passion has helped me in so many ways.

Thrive... with PASSION.
Alas, we may fall down hard when we are passionate. But more likely we thrive when we find passion. It's the people who research the smallest molecules and the oddest relationships who love life. It's the small details that bring joy. The people who fight and fight and fight for their dreams are the people who find fulfillment. When we devote life toward what we care about then we can feel a sense of pride and peace in our hearts. I will soar like a flying squirrel. Always trying to fly higher and higher, but nonetheless grounded. I can get many places, but I will fall. I cannot float through the air like a balloon or albatross, but I can still find a way to glide and maybe even blast like a rocket.

Have heart. That beat that gives life. Let it pump until it cannot pump any longer. Your heart is there and use it. Stop sitting here waiting for the world to come, go out and live in this world!

"Fall" - Something Corporate