PASSION

What is life without passion? Life without
passion is not living; it is subsisting. It is
emotional malnutrition. We slowly starve
ourselves over a lifetime. And as we grad-
ually die from the inside out, we take with
us those whom we are closest to. What a
pity! What a shame! And those we call our
friends, we betray them when we fail to
share our real selves with them. We
turn them into props in a bad play. And
what of our community? When we join
others in prayer, do we lie to ourselves
and others in silence? If we are apos-
tates, are we not committing blasphemy
to all those around us, and to God?
And when we wish for better times, when
we hope for change for the good, how
can we begin to be an instrument in
that effort if we are not truly ourselves?
Without truth, our actions are vacuous
at best, harmful at worst. We owe it to
ourselves, our loved ones, to all really,
first to follow our hearts where passion
lies so when we die, we might have a
moment to remember a life well lived.

Copyright 2020 Tod Howard Hawks