I recently was friended by a person on Facebook that I haven’t really spoken to in probably 5 or more years.  I honestly can not remember if my oldest son was even born yet the last time he and I spoke.  Of course this is all dull and irrelevent to the post I am about to make, but it was looking over his Facebook and what he has accomplished that made me stop and think about something;  Why are we all not doing what makes us happy?

I don’t mean having amazing sex or playing golf.  I am talking about our jobs, our careers, the hours of the day we spend awake.  Sure many will claim, and may be truthful, that the job they have is exactly what they are happy doing.  I think for most this is not the case.  We end up doing what we have been pushed into, prodded into, tested into or forced into.  Maybe it’s a lack of education or experience that keeps us from doing what we really want to do;  but I would say it is fear of failure more than anything else.

Most all of us have a passion.  Something that brings fire to our minds and hearts.  Most of us have steered clear of those passions for fear of failure or the idea that we should make more money, have more things, get a bigger car, etc.  Because of this we have many, many, unhappy people plodding away at mundane jobs that do little to light thier fire.

This person who friended me on Facebook had a passion that I never thought would go anywhere.  They are called starving artists for a reason.  But he had the drive and desire to follow his passion and make a living doing what he enjoys.  I challenge everyone to do the same.