What would you rather put at stake?

I have realised that i have to be sufficiently inspired to write. Well, sufficiently is still an understatement. I have to be truly inspired to write coz may be it either doesn't come to me naturally or may be i can write only about the things that move me deeply / make me think hard enough.

And one such makes-me-think-hard-enough incident occurred when a friend asked me what my passion in life was. Now, being a passionate person to the core, i dont have just one passion. I have many, which can be systematically confusing at times, especially if you are trying to make that into a career. And honestly, confusion always gets the better off me. But i believe sense will prevail soon.

Now passion is a very abused term. People randomly throw it around in conversations and probably don't get the true meaning of it. The Oxford dictionary defines passion as "suffering of pain". And this made me think - do i have one single passion in this world, which if i DONT pursue will result in pain? Then again i thought, even if i do happen to pursue this passion, that too will result in pain coz it requires me to get out of my comfort zone and really test my limits.

Many a times i think even i confuse my love for something as passion. And thats when i realise that it isn't important to just love what you do, but feel truly, vehemently passionate about it; especially for people like me who are trying to make a living out of their passions.

The truth is, the pain of pursuing your passion as a career is only temporary. Its a bitter sweet  feeling that leaves you feeling on top of the world at the end of the day. So if passion results in pain any which ways - whether you purse it or not (as a career) - doesn't giving it a shot make much more sense?