Belief, Passion, Desire—Action!
A dear friend and I were talking today about getting busy
with life. We have been playing with getting our acts together for so long.
Now, finally, it’s time to take this act on the road.
As we spoke, I said something that felt like the most
authentic words I had said all day, “If we truly wanted to be doing something,
we would be doing it!”
By that, I mean, I don’t have any problem making things
happen when I know I want them. When I want to go on a ski trip, I make plans
for it. When I want to compose a blog every day, I do it. When I contemplate
about writing a new book, it doesn’t get done until I’m absolutely passionate
about the idea and desire the outcome with all my heart.
So, the ingredients to action are—belief, passion, and
desire. If you don’t have all three ingredients, there will be no steadfast
work toward a wonderful result. I know this from many projects left undone and
many completed.
In seven years I wrote five novels. Only someone who is
absolutely passionate about getting a novel published can write, edit, and
complete five novels in that short time. Well, I’m sure there are more prolific
writers than I, but I’m talking about novice writers—people who are just
beginning to understand what it takes to be a successful writer.
I went to every writers’ conference I could find. I saved
all my money for vacations that only including some kind of writing endeavor. I
used my time and effort for my passion. When I realized that I had spent the
time that most people would have used to make millions on writing five novels,
which have made their semi-permanent home in a nested folder on my computer; I
decided that, perhaps, it just wasn’t my time, or I wasn’t writing work that
appealed to the general public. I
find it hard to be critical of my own work, even if I was a professional editor
for fifteen years, but the end result of fame and fortune is telling, after
all.
I went through the same passionate beginning in the acting
business. I moved to New York soon after college. I didn’t care that all I had only
saved $400 and had a place to stay for just three months. I knew I could get a
job and find an apartment, because I had faith in life and my passion. I did
get work soon after I moved to New York and got my Equity card on my third
audition—something that doesn’t happen to most people. But I didn’t question
for a minute that I was supposed to be there and be on stage.
Passion and belief for a long period of time and with luck
may end up getting you what you really want—fame and fortune; but, trust me, I
have had friends in New York gain minimal success since I left. They have been
there for over thirty years. Yet, they stay there because that is what they
have chosen and desire.
Now, it seems, I question most things that happens in my
life. Life comes down to: Is my passion greater than my desire to be
comfortable at home doing what comes naturally? Early on, I had thought that
passion meant fame and fortunate. Now, I absolutely know success simply means peace
and happiness in the end.
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Bo Sebastian is a Hypnotherapist and Life & Health
Coach, available for private sessions to QUIT SMOKING, Lose Weight, New
Lap-Band Hypnosis for Weight Loss, CHANGE YOUR MIND, CHANGE YOUR LIFE! at
615-400-2334 or www.bosebastian.com.
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