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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