Passion Tea

There is almost nothing I enjoy more than getting to see someone get lit up. I don't know if that statement had drug refrences, if it did and it offended you, I'm sorry. If it did and you thought it was funny, cool. If it didn't, sorry for the dumb random tangent. oopsies. Anyways, what I mean is, there is nothing more interesting and rewarding to see someone get electrified by something, and whatever it may be.
We walk around dead all the time. Waiting for something to kiss us with life, love, and purpose. But we're so dead that we're not even looking for it, we're not trying stuff out, and we're not letting life show us stuff in a kilidescope way (you know, crazy trippy rainbow junk). Myself included man. You know what I'm talking about right?

Wake up.
Eat.
Do nothing sept dumb stuff you otherwise wouldn't call productivity besides its simple ability to pass time.
Work.
Tell people "I'm good how are you?"
Sleep.

And here's the thing... We're waking up to a new bright shining glorious day without even musing on the fact that this new beautiful day is filled with endless potential to create purpose. We're eating without thinking or caring what is going into our bodies, where it came from, what its doing, how to make it better or enjoy what we already have. We work completely numb. I'm a emotional stone when I work, there to complete a task with as little mental involvement as possible. We don't think about how we are. We lie and say we're doing good when we're not. We lie when we ask people how they're doing when we actually don't care how they are. We lie when we're not doing well, and settle for good when we have the power to make our lives great. We sleep. Man, I don't even dream anymore. We sleep without finding rest. We escape to a void, and once we wake up, we find the succumbed numbness of reality is a bigger vacancy than the one we dwell in sleep.

Do you want to cry? (get prepared for a quote, right now...) What happened to love, in its first stage?- We left that when we wanted more. (end quote)

Here's whats cool though, and what you need to search for when you get this way, because we all get this way. When you're feeling like a grey wall (no feeling), you need to look out for those people who are stoked. enlivened. To me, it doesn't matter so much what they're pumped about so much as their passion. We have to be reminded to be alive sometimes, and its not that whatever it is that makes someone tick is going to make you tick, its that we all need something to keep us ticking.

Passionate people don't make a whole lot of sense. They're fervish with an idea, one that insatiably consumes their thoughts, and can't keep quiet. They're infectious. They won't settle until they have everyone convinced of the same truth they have discovered. And they're happy. Not perpetually, like contentment, but they're confident and intoxicated with the life they've been given. They want to share with you, and are endlessly thankful just for the oppertunity to show you a world through their eyes. Its pure, vulnerable, enlightening and rewarding.

Now you have this mental picture of some crazy person you've met before, who was completely out of touch with reality, who wierded you out and made you thankful that you're normal, huh... Well, that is kind of what I'm talking about, but this concept of passion doesn't have to be so drastic. Let me tell you a story...
I have a friend who sees music differently than any perspective I've ever been exposed to. I asked him to make me a mix of his favorite music one time, and the second part to my request was that he'd explain they dynamics of each song, as well as background info on the musicians, and perspectives he had on each song in general, also why he likes them. Not only did he offer such a beautiful perspective on music, he also lit up. His eyes were glowing with fervency. He couldn't get his words out fast enough. Something clicked and the zelous fire burning within him, the stuff that made him tick had him ticking ferociously, and it was lovely. Not only did it show me the life within my dear friend, it reminded something in me of my desire to be filled with desire. To kindle that spark of excitement within people and fuel my own fire.

So that's basically what I felt compelled to post about. We have to find that stuff that makes us tick. We're complex, and its different for each person, but we need it. God designed us to be enthralled, and truly living- to explore our talents, our fascinations, and convictions and share them with others. Not only is it important to be enraptured with God and our relationships with Him, its important to be intoxicated with our whole life He's given us. Every part is worth living, worth understanding through ardent sight. That is how we are to live if we want to feel alive.

Never lose sight of those with passion in their hearts.