TheFlyingMan--
I went through a phase like this for a while. A few years, actually. Finally I realized it wasn't passion I was lacking, it was decision. Our power is in decision; and passion is something we do choose, albeit usually unconsciously. Failure to choose is like trying to push a waterwheel with whatever water happens to be falling from the sky. Choosing is like digging a ditch to channel the water to the wheel. The constraint -- choosing the direction of the flow -- generates the power.
The reason I didn't choose anything was because I was afraid of not choosing the best thing. I think lack of passion stems from the same root cause as boredom. In fact, they might just be the same thing. Boredom doesn't result from having nothing to do; it results from having too many appealing options. When you have many attractive and interesting options nothing rises above the rest -- it doesn't matter how high the line is, it's still a flat line. It turns into a sort of analysis paralysis.
I think at first it's like the idea that being happy is a choice. It seems backwards until you do it. |