So, what is it that you want to do? What excites you?

Like the Nike commercials say....Just Do It!!

You never know where they may lead you. Ive found post divorce, when I look back, Im doing things that would have never crossed my mind way back when. Sometimes the things we find we enjoy sneak up on us.

Just have an open mind, let them in,. and have some fun with them.

yes (nodding vigorously).

dream
write it down (Namaste's great advice)
and keep dreaming
and keep writing

and then for me, I just let the urge push from within
rather than trying to manufacture it

TML's original thread about how we want to be remembered was really good for this sort of stuff, wasn't it?

Breakups and heartbreak really does knock us on our ass (like the bone crushing vehicle mishap I said I felt like). We definitely need our time to heal, recover in quiet and peace. But then, once the stitches come out, the casts are removed and we're not in pain or wobbling on our feet anymore -- look out!

(((hugs)))

I was going to say the same thing as Joyride, write your dreams down. I have little inspirational quotes hung up on my fridge and in my sewing room. My sewing passion (and basically main form of income) has completely depleted the past couple years with the divorce sucking out basically all of my energy. I also need to get back on track and find the energy to just go through the motions to achieve my goals. Each day that passes I'm able to work on little things to get there. You'll get there too. ((hugs))

Something that I have noticed for regaining anything I've once had in regards to passion and purpose in life is eliminating the distractions.

We fill our lives with a lot of distractions, many of them take away from the goal we are really striving for and take our eyes off the end point of where we want to be.

Distractions can be good. They can help us through difficult times and give us reprieve when it is much needed. Sometimes we come to rely upon those distractions as a way of life then find it difficult to go back to the way we once were.

Whatever it is that is keeping you from your dreams now, I hope that you won't be rekindling your desire to achieve your goals due to making up for your loss. Shine for the original reasons you wanted to, because it was inspiring to you.

I hear you, My passion ( I am a very passionate person in business) and my vision are gone and I am trying desperately to get it back. The events of the past few years have put me into survivor mode, robbing me the chance to focus on anything else.

((hugging you all))

achievement is not what it is cracked up to be. try to keep perspective. life is not about achieving. life is about being alive and appreciative whether up or down.

to get back on top, we have to first appreciate what we have at the bottom and build on that. so, look at your life right this minute. look at all of the things right now that are great. then, use your logic, creativity, and intuitions to create something that rings really good right now. do not base it on your past or some idealistic dream. base it on what you have right now to work with and trust in inspiration and intuition. :)

there are many open doors around you right now. look for them !

when we can get very good at flourishing on the bottom, there is no limit to the heights that we can achieve. this is another example of life's many paradoxes.

good luck. i have a hunch that this world is going to be benefitting greatly by your upcoming contributions.

Thanks for your replies.

Than Again, your words , ", I hope that you won't be rekindling your desire to achieve your goals due to making up for your loss. Shine for the original reasons you wanted to, because it was inspiring to you. "...truck a chord with me... somewhere deep down I know I ought to reignite my passions for the right reasons--not as a way to make up for this loss, as that seems more like a defeatist attitude.

I will take the advice of others here of writing my dreams and goals in Life again...writing them itself would be a powerful way to refocus.

And as Faithful said, I need to start again--maybe to reach my large aims, I need to start from where i am...first to start enjoying my what i do for a living...look for creative ways to find how i can do that. Sometimes I do think my past ambitions were too high...sometimes i doubt my capabilities to go anywhere close to them...but perhaps if i can start to rethink about these aims for my own self...i'd stopped thinking about these aims as they seemed/seem as something i cannot even think about now. I could atleast start walking towards them(by reminding myself aout them)...i'd stop walking cos i have been focusing my energies into just getting by , which is hardly inspiring.

I could start by answering Namaste's question: 'So, what is it that you want to do?' : I want to be my best (always wanted this) in whatever I do. What is 'my best' is something that I shall need to remember again.

sorry, typo--that was Then again, not 'than' !

Question:
What happens when you dont HAVE any passions? I have none. I wish I did- I wish there was something that excited me, but there isnt. :(

I have given up on all my creams too. I feel like I doubt myself all the time. I've lost the passion for the few things I used to enjoy doing.

Vanilla, that is a good question. sometimes the well is dry and we come up blank.

solution? inundate yourself with ideas, information, and all sorts of input. start by researching what other people's passions are. read about them. get audio books. just keep feeding your mind with input. eventually, you will have absorbed so much that your own ideas will start to surface. your sense of excitement will surface naturally.

but right now feed your mind with great input.

Vanilla, I agree with faithful. A person needs to know what's out there before they can make a good decision.

After you do all your research and have all that info, take some time to be quiet and silent. Block out all the noise and all the interferences and see what thoughts persist. I have noticed that when I block out all the outside chatter, one things keep popping up at the back of my mind. I know I have my focus now and I'm taking the steps to get there.

or, recognize it is the fertile void, when you cant go back to what was before, but you havent yet started toward whats in your future

its the uncomfortable but necessary space between the last chapter, and the new one

just rest

things will come soon enough

you dont have to force anything

oh, and dont give up all your creams, your skin needs them ;)