Chasing Passion

Here I am again, trying to work on a paper, but distracting myself with the blog. As of right now, I'm knee deep in another soc theory paper and it's going a lot better than I expected. Anyways, I've been thinking a lot about things going on around me; mainly relationship stuff. This isn't a 'woe is me, i'm alone' post though. What I see around me is that the happiest people I know are all passionate about something (usually another person). Now, this passion manifests itself in different ways, whether it be getting in huge fights, crying because they're far away, or making sacrifices for that person. It got me to start thinking about what I'm passionate about, and I realized that it's creativity. When a person says they are happiest when they are with someone, I'm that way when I'm doing something creative, whether it be making music, looking at art, or taking pictures. I just need to find that passion in another person. Someone who can bring out that creativity in me, someone who can push me outside my boundaries. It's just hard when you see the goal and want to get straight to it. Passion takes time. You only find passion quickly in very rare cases. It's those cases that hurt the most, but they have the most passion. A double edged sword, just like everything else in life. As a person who seems to enjoy extremes, I see how I set myself up to get hurt. I love that rush, but the fall hurts a lot. After you fall, you can't be afraid of that passion. You have to learn to enjoy it.