Times Of Swaziland: SAYING YOU LOVE SOMETHING ISN’T ENOUGH

SAYING YOU LOVE SOMETHING ISN’T ENOUGH
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Editor on 28/02/2024 08:27:00


Sir,
The Oxford dictionary defines passion as a very strong feeling of love, hatred,
anger, enthusiasm et etcetera. Love is the strong feeling of enjoyment that
something gives you, be it music, art, poetry, nature or learning. Enthusiasm is
the strong feeling of excitement and interest in something and a desire to
become involved in it. In the past few years of my life, one of the best things
I have learnt is the power of being passionate about something you do or love.
Many of us usually say, ‘I love school’, or ‘I love my job’. But saying
you love something isn’t enough for you to master or achieve it.
Emotions
Most of the time we are told that things are easier said than done. If you truly
love something and you want to be great in it, you will have to move from just
expressing your emotions towards it and go deeper into showing how much you want
it and how far are you willing to go to achieve it. Start by making achieving
your goal or mastering your skill your first priority. Make earning those great
credits at school, finishing that degree course or earning that promotion or
whatever else is important to you, something that you fantasise about every day.
Make it the reason you wake up every morning to take a step closer towards it
until you nail it. Talk about it to your friends and family, write about it in
your diary as often as you can.
Obsessed
Let everyone think you’re obsessed about it and careless about any negativity
they throw at you. Be confident and proud of whatever you want and believe in
yourself even if no one does. Those who try to stand in your way should be
frightened by your passion towards your goal. Do not make them think they can
stop you from attaining your achievements. We are all capable of achieving
whatever we truly desire. It is a matter of how badly you want it, how important
it is to you and how much time you are willing to put in for it. Passion, hard
work, determination and consistency are always key in achieving personal goals.
Every single day you have to work like your life depends on it. Tyler Perry once
said; “It doesn’t matter how much money you have, if you truly want to
achieve something and keep up with this fast life, always work like you’re
broke.” Our paths usually reveal themselves in the course of life. When you
really know what you want to do with your life, when you find something you must
do, that is when you must lock in and say ‘this is it’.
Results
That is when you tell yourself ‘I’m all in’. So give your best, give
everything you have to get the best possible results. Even if it doesn’t work
out at that time you were hoping it would, at least you will have the pride of
knowing you gave it your best shot. At worst, you would have also learned as
much as you needed along the way. Those who are committed to learn more in life
will almost always be the same people who earn more and become more. Life does
not owe you anything, create it. Do it, be it and live it.