Passion

Today was an interesting day. I thought I would dash to the gas station and get fueled up for the next day and then get back home and relax but that was not how it happened. You see, life is interesting – I had envisioned my evening in front of the telly having dinner and later take a walk outside but I spent most of the evening at the gas station trying to get my car to start. Now the irony is that I got home from work, then left to go across the road for gas with hopes of getting back in 5 minutes. If I had not moved, I guess I would have found out the next morning that the car was out of order and I would have had a crummy morning.

I digress however… this story is about a 16 year old two weeks shy of graduating from high school. He works at the convenience store and is always so kind to me. I must describe him – he is about 5ft 6 Inches, red head, pale with a ton of freckles. He has a punk rock hair cut (I would say) - it’s probably the latest fashion right now for kids his age… After getting gas, I tried to start my car but it just wouldn’t cooperate.

Now, I knew nothing about this young boy except that he worked at the gas station. When he saw that I was having car trouble, he came out and began helping me investigate the car problem. He took apart the battery terminals as well as the connections, cleaned them out and did a number of other things to try and get it to start. I could tell that he clearly knew what he was doing so I asked him where he learned to do all this. He said it was his hobby and furthermore, his own car, which at this point was pulled up to my car for a jump start - was a re-modified creation of his own. The child blew my mind. As we kept talking I couldn’t help but notice his speech impediment – I later found out that he would be graduating from a private school that I think serves children who have different academic needs.

This is the thing that I learnt from my young friend – if you are passionate about something just do it! You must be the number advocate for your talent - the Number one believer. Don't wait around for someone to push you or the magical signal from the winds(i.e. whatever is making you procrastinate). If you are a good writer, singer, shoe sales man, just do it because your talent is a gift to the world and in turn a shift to manifesting your reason for being here on earth. This boy knew his cars and knew them really well. I hope that he becomes a super car engineer or whatever the highest ranking position in the car world is – scratch that, I hope that he fulfils his heart’s desire in whatever work his talent will lead him.

So, I am passionate about writing - I got my butt of the couch and wrote this piece recognizing that it is important to do what you are passionate about – in this context, it will surely do you and us good.