Activity 1: Looking inside
Your passion is as personal as your fingerprint. No onecan thrust passion on you. Nor can it be conjured up. It's there, inside, just like your heartbeat. It's the thing or things that really matter to you.
Reflect on the article on "Passion and Purpose" by Eugene Loh and consider the following questions that will help you discover your passion and purpose.
1. Ask yourself what it is that you enjoy doing most. Why do you think it is meaningful to you?
2. What gives your life meaning? When do you feel most energized and alive?
3. What do you look forward to doing more than anything else?
4. If I could really do whatever I wanted in life, I would be a ….
5. List three talents or areas you feel competent and capable in. Include things you are already doing with these talents and add the things you envision yourself doing in the future as you grow these talents.
Find something you love to do and you’ll never have to work a day in your life. Harvey Mckay.
Activity 2: The Power of Passion
Reflect on the profiles of all the women of passion.
1. What are they passionate about?
2. What character qualities do these women possess that power their passion?
3. What were the impact of their passion on their community, the society and the world?
Woman of Passion / Character/Qualities / ImpactLien Siaou-Sze / · / ·
Carmee Lim / · / ·
Anita Roddick / · / ·
Mother Teresa / · / ·
Activity 3: Nurture and Pursue Your Passion
In activity 1, you have looked inside yourself and made an effort to discover your passions. In this activity, you will discover another four more steps that will help you nurture and pursue your passion.
1. Listen to others: positive reinforcement fosters passion. Believing and embracing the talents and gifts that others see in us can give us that extra push to pursue our passions. Have you received compliments and encouragement on any of the interests and talents you have listed in Activity 1? Which are they?
2. Turn Pain into Passion: many women said passion is born out of pain. Have you experienced or seen any frustration, suffering, injustice or pain in life that has stirred up in you a strong emotional drive to do something meaningful for the community or to champion a good cause?
3. Willing to pay the price: when you care deeply about something, that caring invokes commitment and risk. What are some of the things you would foresee yourself giving up or sacrificing to pursue your passion in life?
4. Be flexible, be creative, be whole: If you discover your passion, “Don’t hesitate to spend time with your passion.” List two passions that you can nurture and pursue now as a student. What can you do to nurture the passion now?
Activity inspired by The Art of Living with Passion by Stacy Wiebe with Heather Harries, Meena Narayan, Isabel Roland, Olga Taranova, Joanne Thomas, and Joy Wan. From http://www.womentodaymagazine.com/career/