Comments on: Excuses Begone! Part 8 of 12: Passion and Compassion

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:21:53 +0000

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:16:20 +0000

lol

By: dr. lam

dr. lam — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:07:19 +0000

yes, one word: yoga.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:49:29 +0000

GREAT advice!!! It’s not that I’m not passionate about things in life, just that I can’t get passionate about the things that I want to be passionate about…lol I’m a weird case; I know…lol Like, I only exercise because it is required. I still consistently work out but I’m not passionate about it…lol Other things too.

By: dr. lam

dr. lam — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:31:45 +0000

frame away. also, just think of things that make you excited. for instance, i could talk about faces until you want to die. that is my passion. i could talk about art, food, travel, blogs, until you want me to shut up. find out what makes you excited in life. that is another way!

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:41:35 +0000

That is a very intriguing and brilliant input. I have never contemplated that before and the more I think about it, the more I realize that it is very true in a lot of cases. I also think that passion can result from creativity. I’ll be thinking about this and all the ways that passion can be created. Wow, Dr. Lam, that was just a brilliant viewpoint!!! Can I frame that quote? lol

By: dr. lam

dr. lam — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:36:28 +0000

sometimes if you don’t have a passion directly, follow compassion and that can sometimes bring you to passion. for example, plastic surgery is a passion of mine but it has now become so because it is my vehicle to express compassion to others. if you don’t have an obvious passion (which is ok since things come to us when the time is right. yes, don’t force), think about service to other human beings. with that “compassion”, you can sometimes find your passion. forget yourself for a moment and focus on others. when you see others as your goal, your passion will be revealed in its due time.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:18:23 +0000

Oh Goody! I love stories!!!
Great stories about compassion! I like how you mentioned that our world is what we make of it in the other blog post and how you mentioned that changing our focus to having compassion, changes our viewpoint. Our excuses go away. Hmm, I wonder if there is some sort of underlying principle between compassion and passion. Yikes, my analytical mind! I’ve have to contemplate that one. Thanks, Dr. Lam!!

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:17:35 +0000

Wonderful blog here! I love your saying, “Start and end with passion, then there are no room for excuses.” Actually, in your blog last Friday, it had addressed the importance of catching excuses that come up that are not in alignment with what we really want to do, and that there has to be an alignment of what we want and what we desire in order to accomplish a goal, and that we shouldn’t let fear of what others think and excuses get in the way. Well, I got to thinking about that, and understand that it is important to not allow excuses that would hinder one from accomplishing a goal, but concluded that there was a missing ingredient. Well, over the weekend I got to thinking about it (see I take your blogs seriously, Dr. Lam!) and contemplated that the missing ingredient was passion. Passion was the underlying thing that would rid a person of excuses and fear, so that when passion was present, there would be no need to deal with excuses and fear, in fact, those wouldn’t even get in the way. I’ve also contemplated that passion is the opposite of forcing, and that might be why forcing things never works. Well, I left off there. Since, passion is an innate, burning enthusiasm (as you described, Dr. Lam), and it is the underlying ingredient to aligning what we want and what we desire to accomplish goals, then how does one get it, if it is not present? I left off here with my thoughts, because I haven’t figured that out yet, and it’s really pointless to conclude that passion is the underlying ingredient, when there is no known way to produce it. Dr. Lam, you are a VERY passionate person. I think you get the gold medal. It seems like you are passionate about everything. Well, since passion is what we all should be aiming for, how does someone go about getting it, if it is not present? Let’s say the person really wants to be passionate about something (maybe something in particular) and s/he just doesn’t have that innate fire? What is the formula for passion? Only you would know, Dr. Lam.