Passionate Personalities

Passion Flower, Flower Passion... :)

pas·sion·ate 

[pash-uh-nit]
–adjective
1. having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
2. easily aroused to or influenced by sexual desire; ardently sensual.
3. expressing, showing, or marked by intense or strong feeling; emotional: passionate language.
4. intense or vehement, as emotions or feelings: passionate grief.
5. easily moved to anger; quick-tempered; irascible.

I have been thinking a lot about different personality types recently.  Through my professions I work with a large variety of personalities everyday.  I have come to realize that most of the people I have the pleasure to meet all share a common personality characteristic.  The common denominator of most of their personalities is Passion. People are passionate to some degree about one thing or another.  Whether is is yoga, family, swimming, running, reading, writing, cooking, or even (in my husband's case sometimes), video games.  Passion is a funny thing though, because it can consume you; it can make you who you are and drive and define your life. Passion can cause people to do crazy things at times.  Passion can also simply lead you in the right direction and define your likes and dislikes which may change over time.  But either way, to some degree or another, we are all passionate about something.  I myself am what some people may consider an overly passionate person (if there even is such a thing).  I just like to think I take passion to the next level!  Growing up I became passionate about swimming and athletics.  Twenty-six years later this still stands true...Although I no longer swim competitively due to multiple shoulder surgeries, I still have the need to be near the pool and am now the proud Head Coach of the Myrtle Beach Riptides Swim Team.  After my swimming career ended, I tried and tried to push away the desire to swim or be around it because it was almost to hard; I was that passionate about the sport.  During this time I grew and developed passions for other things like yoga, running, nutrition, my relationship with family, friends, and myself. But, after all of that growing and exploring of other things, and after getting married and moving, I have learned that in order for me to be truly happy, I NEED to have swimming in my life...and so now I do.  The catch here is that I am still just as passionate about everything else...yoga, family, my husband, running, nutrition, etc....and when you are as passionate a person as I am you give 100% to any and every thing you do; an awesome skill to have but an exhausting one.  I guess that's where the line between passion and perfection begins to blur....Is it even possible to give 100% to everything you do?  It is possible to be your best at it all?  Or somewhere along the line are we destined to drop the ball?..... PASSION- such a funny yet intense trait, what are you passionate about?