The Passion Of A Life On Fire

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Posted by John Brackett | Posted in Living Your Dreams | Posted on 12-11-2009

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It may be easy to glance over quickly, but at the top of this website is a line that states, “The Map To Unleashing Your Personal Energy & Living Your Dreams”. While many of these posts deal directly with your health and personal energy, my question is where is that energy being focused and directed? If you could wake up with twice or even ten times as much energy, clarity and drive, than ever before…how would you use that energy?

I feel that I can strongly say “watching more tv” didn’t enter the picture for most of you. Why? Because that’s not your drive. When you reach a level where you’ve got a reliable, steady stream of energy all day, every day, you eventually turn to yourself and pose a question: “What’s my purpose? Is there something better I could be doing with my time?”. The thing is, most of us only find this focus and direction after getting to a place of abundant personal energy. Anyone in an energy crisis will tell you that they’d much rather just get by; it’s honestly hard to reach for goals and ambitions that stretch you when you feel like there’s nothing left to stretch. I’ve been there and I made a decision to leave that path because it wasn’t taking me where I needed to go…and that’s what brings us to this discussion.

So how is your energy being focused and directed in your life? The reason I called this post “The Passion Of A Life On Fire” is because of the relationship of living your passion, your mission, your life purpose and living a “life on fire”. When you’ve got a strong, fueled intention (it could be to teach children in a way no one else can, it could be to plant 5,000 fruit trees in your lifetime, etc) the intention takes on a life of its own. There’s an ancient saying, “Jing follows Chi, and Chi follows Yi”. What this means is that action and results in this world flow from the energy before them, and that energy is created through intention. The other way around, this shows that the power of our intention determines the energy of that intention, and correspondingly the action and results that flow forth into the world. It all starts with your intention, which may be just a short-term goal at this point!

Have you ever written down a task, chore or even a goal that you wanted to accomplish but felt it completely sap your energy? Maybe you wrote down “clean house and organize files”…and put it off indefinitely. The real reason for this is that your intention isn’t resonating with that deeper part of you. What if instead of writing “clean house and organize files”, you just charged your intention a little more and turned it into the goal “create the most inspiring, beautiful environment for my family”? Which one, running through your head over and over, would drive you to take action? Which would leave you feeling more fulfillfed? Which would give you a greater sense of purpose and direction? Our intention certainly directs our perspective, and our perspective is so intricately tied to how we feel. When we feel like part of something bigger than ourselves, something worthwhile, that can be all it takes to light that fire.

To truly live a life on fire that lets you jump out of bed every morning, follow your intention. Don’t intend to just “get by” if you’ve slipped back into default; intend to live your purpose, your passion, your mission, and intend to do it like no one else can. Here’s another secret: the passion of a life on fire can’t be put out. Ask Gandhi. Ask Martin Luther King. Ask anyone who truly lived life to the fullest and pushed the boundaries of human potential.

On that note, I wish all of you the passion of a life on fire. Whether you’re actively pursuing them or not, what are your passions? Do you have any personal mission? Post them below and get others talking!

Unleash Your Vitality,

John Brackett

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Comments (6)

I liked your article. My family is my passion which keeps my life very energetic and certainly not boring. My Christain beliefs keep my daily challenges in order. Now as for waking and jumping out of bed; I think at 67 that could pose me some problems. I already have 2 artificial joints. So tell me what are your plans for life?

Man I keep trying to ask Gandhi and MLK Jr but can’t get ahold of them.

Just kidding my man this is one of my favorite articles so far I gotta keep thinking about this article everyday

mate,

This is probably my favorite one so far as well. Ive got alot of experiences i look forward to sharing with you next time i see ya. Take care and good work

Haha, Jeff I’ve had the same problem. Just tough guys to get ahold of. Also great to hear from you Chris, hope all is well in Ireland and definitely looking forward to some stories next time we get together.

@ Carol: I certainly won’t ask you to jump out of bed every morning! But enjoyed your question, my vision is continuing work on this website and really getting involved in a lot of collaborations, projects and live events in health, nutrition, fitness and living your dreams. I’m very project-oriented and love being involved with personal growth of all kinds.

– John

I agree with you wholeheartedly, John. In fact, I have a blog called Make your passion your profession where links to my 22 published articles on the subject are there. All I will say is that it is better if you discover your passion early in life and there should be career transition specialists to facilitate a quick transfer if a person makes a mistake. Knowing your passion itself can be quite tough. The education system should be geared towards helping people find their vocation and calling in life instead of blindly stuffing facts.

I like that last sentence, Hiren – anyone reading these comments, take another look above!

– John

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