by Lucky Lucy | Jan 20, 2014 | Books, Inspiration, Vision |
I read a sign recently that simply asked, “Are you living your passion?”
It was a good question.
On Saturday I found myself talking to my six-year-old niece, Cin, about her passion.
“I love Maths,” she told me.
She said when she grows up she wants to be a teacher.
“I want to teach Maths and everything!” she said.
Her face glowed with excitement, happiness and determination as she told me. The idea of being a teacher filled her with passion and joy.
Cin then asked what I love to do.
“I love to write,” I said.
“Why?” she asked.
That’s when my face started to glow with excitement, happiness and determination.
“I write because it helps me express how I feel about life,” I said.
“I write because sometimes people read my stories and it makes them feel better.
“I write because it can help other people make the world a better place.”
To an observer, it may have seemed an unusual conversation to have with a six-year-old. But Cin’s passion matched my own.
By asking what I loved, she reminded how I love my writing and crystalised my reasons for doing it.
My passion for words, their ability to tell meaningful stories across multiple platforms, and their undeniable and unstoppable ability to help others, goes to the very core of who I am.
It is my passion, just as teaching “Maths and everything” is Cin’s passion.
I’m going to encourage Cin to pursue teaching and any other passions she may discover as she gets older. Passionate people change the world and so will she.
In the meantime, I’m grateful for her timely reminder of my own purpose in this world, to write, and I will keep on doing it.
Do you know what your passion is?
by Lucky Lucy | Nov 10, 2013 | Inspiration, Life, Uncategorized, Vision, Women |
Image courtesy of western.com
At just 11 years of age, a young girl called Tavi Gevinson sat down at her computer and started blogging about her passion for fashion.
Over the ensuing years she would attend fashion shows across the world. Some sought her opinion while others thought of her as an upstart.
After all, what could a young girl like that know about fashion?
And still she kept writing.
A couple of years ago she decided to broaden her focus to the complete teenage girl experience.
She brought together other teenagers and together they now produce an online magazine solely for their generation.
Tavi is only 17 years old.
Tavi started writing to express herself and to try and understand what she was seeing around her.
Now she helps other teenage girls to understand and share their experiences.
I watched Tavi give the keynote speech at the Melbourne Writer’s Festival recently. She shared her reflections on how she lives her life, what inspires her and her views on how we all live in this world.
It was inspirational.
At 17 I was nothing like this young woman. But oh how wonderful it would have been if I’d had her confidence- to simply be myself and follow my dreams. It’s amazing to watch.
Tavi is, in so many ways, an illustration of how many of her generation are approaching the world; without any expectations of what is not possible. Rather they simply explore what is possible and then push down the walls and keep going.
When I see people like Tavi speak I am inspired to imagine a world where anything is possible. A world where everyone can explore their dreams and share them with the rest of the world. A world where just by sharing our thoughts, we can make a difference.
I think we’re going to hear a lot more from Tavi in the future and I can’t wait to see how she expands her universe next.
Now I’m off to expand mine.
Expand your universe by checking out this Thursday’s post when our guest blogger shares her reflections on being a Christian witch.
by Lucky Lucy | Oct 31, 2013 | Dreams, Inspiration, Life, Vision |
Courtesy www.designzzz.com
Last night I watched Kevin McLeod talk about his experiences filming Grand Designs over the past 15 years.
I’ve been a fan of Kevin’s for a while now. I love his blokey sense of humour and the way he explores the desires, triumphs and disasters of home-owners with compassion and a healthy dash of realism.
He’s also a talented wordsmith and during last night’s performance he coined a phrase I hadn’t heard before. He said true Grand Designers have ‘lunatic self-belief’ because they believe so wholeheartedly in their dreams that they will move heaven and earth (often with their bare hands) to make it a reality.
Lunatic self-belief.
I guess that’s a phrase that could be applied to many of the men and women who have made their marks on the pages of history.
Men and women like Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Amelia Earhart, Martin Luther King, Coco Chanel, Jane Austen and Marie Curie were all ordinary people who had the ‘lunatic self-belief’ that they could change their world.
These days we have modern-day ‘lunatics’ like Richard Branson who wants to change the world by running his entire airfleet using only fuel with a zero carbon footprint. Is he aiming high? Absolutely.
Is it possible?
Well, if anyone can make it happen, he can. Branson is willing to do the three things we must commit to in order to make our dreams a reality. He’s willing to invest in his vision, to look foolish and to try.
Some people think Branson is a little on the crazy side. But to many others he is an inspiration because he’s willing to follow his heart and make a difference.
We may not all be destined to change the world by standing up for freedom, inventing cures for cancer or writing a bestseller. But we can hold on to that ‘lunatic self-belief’ and maybe, by following our dreams, we can change the world just outside our front door and make it a better place.
If Branson can do it, why can’t we?
Anything is possible.
I read a sign recently that simply asked, “Are you living your passion?”
