Passion-nut
If you don’t know me, let me set the record straight. I LOVE the University of Oklahoma. And I especially love OU football. They lost their 5th straight BCS bowl game on Thursday and their 3rd BCS title game. Maybe it's because they played on Jan 8th – that's normally a bad idea.
Why do I care so much about the Sooners, or the Dallas Cowboys, or whether my +30 golf handicap is better than my co-worker? Why do I lose sleep over a stupid football game? Why do I care if I win in golf when I so obviously suck at the game? Because I have passion. Passion drives me to love things, not just like them. Passion causes me to improve even in areas I’m not naturally gifted at. Passion keeps my mind racing with product ideas and problem solving in the middle of the night. Passion causes me to work harder, study longer, and care more – for just about everything.
Passion is not a bad thing. Sure I’m disappointed that the Sooners lost… again. But as the great philosopher Tony Romo said after a tough loss to the Eagles “If this the worst thing to happen to me then I’ve lived a blessed life”. Without passion, I would be impassionate. I would simply exist. I wouldn’t care. I wouldn’t feel pain. And without pain or loss we cannot fully appreciate or understand joy. So I embrace passion. I endure pain. I embrace challenges. I persevere. I strive to do better the next time. I attempt to learn from my mistakes. (And I assume the Sooners do too!) And when I or my teams (work or recreation) succeed, then success is all the more sweet.
I am thankful God instilled passion within me. My prayer is that I harness it and direct it towards things that matter. Like my faith, my wife, my family, my church, my community, Fellowship Tech, my co-workers, and our clients. If the Sooners, or the Boys’ or the Mavs do win a championship (albeit not likely) then that’s simply icing on the cake.
God bless,
Curtis S
