In Personality Isn't Permanent by Benjamin Hardy, PhD, Dr Hardy writes that one's passion cannot be discovered but must be cultivated and shaped. A person isn't born with a natural passion for a certain vocation or interest. It isn't inherent in people and in order to find it a person must start working and it will be developed. The operative word here is work.
Many have described my love for drawing and cartooning as a "passion" when I don't see it that way because I'm actually not passionate about it at all. If I did what I was passionate about I'd be cooking all the time, which is a pastime I truly love doing. I get excited about it and it brings me peace and joy to get in the kitchen and mindfully make a meal for someone. However I would never consider making it a career or getting a job as a cook. Drawing, however, not being a passion, can be described as my life's purpose. This purpose is constantly evolving to meet specific needs and new avenues of fulfilling that purpose are always being discovered. It's an effective way for me to tell my story or even someone else's story but it is basically a means to an end. The end is to have a life of purpose and significance.
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