Live Passionately
hmmmm… I received an email from Glocals which is an expat online community in Switzerland. The email is about highlighting the latest on the website and I saw the headlines about an article featuring YouMeCo. I’ve met her on the Bellinzona trip last Feb 3, 2008. One thing that captured my attention was her message, Live life passionately.
I was about to go to the shower and get ready for an early night before I read the article and of course I have to postpone my shower and update again my blog.
What do we exactly mean by Live life passionately?! Does it mean leaving at the edge? maximizing time? have fun on every possible way? go out like crazy? shop like an addict? travel the world?
I don’t think there will be synonymous answer to this. Live passionately will always be interpreted differently by different people simply because different people values different things.
I wouldn’t even try to rationalize with others, I just want to rethink out loud by writing on what are the things that I’m passionate about and here’s what comes to mind right now:
1. My relationships - outside I’m a very active person, talking to almost everybody and laughing my heart out even on simple things but liking somebody doesn’t come naturally to me, it needs chemistry even for friendships.
I only allow a few people into my life not because I don’t want to but it’s just so hard for me to like a person whether romantically or for friendship but if I do i’ll give time, effort and anything just to make that person happy even for just a while.
2. My work - I love my work and I have no issues sleeping in the office if I have to just to finish something even for a week (we have a steady supply of coffee and red bull in the office). I love performance appraisals where you’ll be assess according to your work, I love to know how i’m doing and where to improve. I want to climb up the ladder, I want to be up there.
And of course….
3. My parents and my family - i grew up in a very close family. My dad wasn’t around when we were growing up because he was working overseas but despite the distance I never felt he was not with us but my mom was great taking care of us. Right now I would give anything to make them happy. It always makes me smile that even if I’m too far we still talk like crazy. I call them when I needed guidance at work, money matters or if I want to share with them some great news. There’s only one thing I can’t share with them: I can’t discuss my relationships with them. Hahhahaha they might be shocked!
They will always be my strength. And of all the people in my family it’s actually my mom that I wanted to please most. My ultimate dream is that time will come that she will not ask me for anything because she has everything already. I love you ma and tay! I will always be here….
The rest of the things/ people in the world are nice to have but not must to have.