Good Monday Morning, Tuesday.

Sometimes, Success at an endeavor depends on molding yourself into the character of someone who is most successful at that endeavor, and doing so until you change the character for success into someone else. What drives someone to do that? I think having a Passion for something, either directly or because it is a step toward a goal, is the driving force.

Passion. What are you passionate about?

In Facebook I follow the Harp Twins. Two young women who play Harps. They don’t just play Harp music. They play Rock, Blues, Jazz, and More. They are Passionate about bringing the Harp into the mainstream as a serious instrument. Some are critical saying the Harp is wrong for certain music. I disagree. Music is a language written on Staff, punctuated with Clef, using letters called notes, with sentences, paragraphs, and pages. Those proficient in this language use instruments to translate it into sounds that everyone can understand, even individualize it into their own unique comprehension. Is the instrument used more important than the translation? Should we not accept their Passion to translate something wonderful for us because of the their instrument of choice?

Many of us have had a Passion for something, and even pursued it. Often, to reach our Passion we must use other tools along the way that help us move closer. Unfortunately, too often I think, we get lost in our tool box, and the tools replace the Passion. We slide the drawer closed and confine ourselves to an immediate reality that sustains us, but never fills us. The tragic story of a love lost.

What a depressing vein. But, all is not lost. It only takes opening the drawer and becoming Passionate about the tools you’ve acquired because they are the means to your Passion and your skills at using them need to be perfected. It does not guarantee you will achieve you Passion, but you print your near success into a character someone else can use and emulate.

Have a wonderful week. Your Passion calls.

Sincerely;