Passion is usually not something that just comes along and says: “Hello”

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For most people, passion is not something that just comes along and says: “Hello!”

It's not something you wait for and suddenly it's there and you're going

to lead a fulfilled life ever after.

Passion is usually a process.

You become passionate about something because you do this thing.

Learn more about it.

Share what you've learned with others.

Dig deeper.

Discover something others haven't discovered.

And then get frustrated with it.

Pick it up again.

Discover yet another new corner you haven't explored.

And so on and so forth.

The more this thing becomes a part of your life, the more passionate you become.

There are actually very few people like filmmaker Werner Herzog who

calls filmmaking an uninvited duty that gave him no choice other than

to become passionate about it.

For most people, passion grows out of curiosity and play.

If it doesn't, then change your thing.

Or two.

And watch what happens.

And then repeat.

But having said that, keep in mind that there is no law of nature that requires

you to have a passion as strong as music was a passion for Mozart or football is

a passion for Messi, even if motivational coaches try to make us believe otherwise.

If you don't have that passion, you still have a life.

And that is quite something.