Looking around and browsing
through the pages of history books, we find several real life inspiring
personalities in different fields of activity ranging from literature and fine
arts, science and technology, political and social activities, games and
sports, military and civil administration to religion and spirituality, who
have been making all of us extremely proud by their splendid accomplishments
despite numerous odds of varying kinds and magnitudes.
Let us take some examples to take the discussion forward.
Many of us know that Steve Jobs went through vagaries of life of all
sorts from his early childhood till his death due to cancer on 5th October,
2011, at the age of 56.
But, Steve was Steve - an icon of passion who loved himself thoroughly all
through and tried to do what he used to profess, ''Do what you love to do. Find your true
passion... The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
Vadim Kotelnikov writes,
"Steve Jobs was one of the most successful entrepreneurs of our
generation. His success story is legendary. Put up for adoption at an early
age, dropped out of college after 6 months, slept on friends’ floors, returned
coke bottles for 5 cent deposits to buy food, then went on to start Apple
Computers and Pixar Animation Studios."
Absolutely correct!
Anthony Robbins, speaker and author says it this
way, "There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether
it’s the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a
business person. In fact, passion is the genesis of genius."
Now, take the example of one of the greatest sons of soil who
lived on this earth only for 39 years, but his contribution has been
unparalleled and unmatched. He is the man widely known all over the world as Swami Vivekananda.
He was full of passion to know
himself, his motherland and the rest of the world with a view to serve the
humanity at large in his own inimitable manner.
As a young man of 25, he (Swami Vivekananda) started his Bharat Darshan and
travelled through length and breadth of the country like a wandering monk for
five years. His speech at the World Parliament of Religion
in Chicago in September 1893 when he was aged only 30 has been the true
testimony of his great passion for making this country and in turn the world a
better place for every human being, irrespective of religion, region,
class, color or country.
Before moving forward, these words of famous
British novelist, E. M.
Forster are worth enjoying: "One person with passion
is better than forty people merely interested.”
One of the world's greatest military leaders, Napoleon Bonaparte who said that there was no word
like 'Impossible' in his dictionary, was extremely passionate about his mission
in life.
Interestingly, he built one of the
strongest army in Europe with five lakh trained soldiers that used modern
tactics and strategies to win the battles even in the most difficult situations.
Napoleon used to motivate his forces and people as a passionate
leader. On one occasion he said, "I closed the gulf of anarchy and brought
order out of chaos. I rewarded merit regardless of birth or wealth, wherever I
found it... All men are equal before God. Wisdom, talent, and virtue make the
only difference between them.”
Very interestingly, pursuing one's passion is replete with moments
of suspense and pleasure worth experiencing and enjoying.
The American children's writer, T.
Alan Armstrong puts
it nicely in these words,"If
there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your
passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you and you will find
great things happen FOR you, TO you and BECAUSE of you."
As always, I'm keen to know what you think on this subject.
Hence, request you to post comments to share your views and
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