Filled with something (like honey) that sweetens -- having a smooth rich flow
Hannah was talking about Passion in youth yesterday and it got me thinking. How does passion develop? Can it be pursued? Isn't passion, by definition, emotional? If so, then can you do anything to make it happen?
posted by Mellifluous @ 2/20/2006 05:59:00 PM
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I'm a Christ follower. I'm married to a great guy, and I'm the mother of 2 great kids. I'm an ENFP, golden retriever, green/peacekeeper with a spiritual gift of shepherding and my love language might be words of affirmation..or anything that shows me I was thought of.
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I have always thought that passion begins with some element of truth that is apprehended mentally. That truth or reality then stirs the heart and emotions, which ultimately produces action. Passion that is not grounded in truth is crass emotionalism; truth without some kind of emotional response is mere intellectualism. I am convinced that if we espouse to some truth, but our emotional response (or passion) to that truth is minimal or non-existence, then we have not truly apprehended or embraced that truth...
I liked your definition, Than. Somewhere between emotionalism and intellectualism is the right balance--truth and emotion. But I wouldn't say having a balance is necessarily passion. Passion, at least colloquially, seems to imply more than mere emotion...an overwhelming, crazy, exuberant feeling. So, where does that exuberance come from? Especially in a more mild mannered personality.
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