To begin...find something you love, and engage in that activity. I understand that time can be our enemy rather than our friend when we wish to pursue our passions in life, but I've found from personal experience that if we are deterred in our quest to be passionate about the things, big and small, that bring us happiness, we throw away excellent opportunities for fulfillment. Sometimes I found myself, in lieu of taking the time to actually do what makes me happy, to simply think about the topics. This process of focusing on our passions, ideas, whims is what some have deemed, ever so appropriately, "brain crack." Instead of actually doing what brings us joy, we merely think about the activities, which in reality is just a waste of precious time. In fact, we literally become addicted to thinking about what we want to do. Yes, creative visualization can be effective, but always thinking and never doing does not provide any sense of accomplishment. Life can be hectic; we have to make time to paint, scrapbook, practice our instruments, knit, bake, write.
I found these words to be too true - "We lose ourselves in the things we love. We find ourselves there, too." Hobbies can be soothing in times of stress or depression. Once we find our passions, we often lose ourselves in them, and it is in losing ourselves that we learn more about who we are. We learn how we cope, how we share our thoughts, how we fit into the world's puzzle. Through pursuing our passions, we learn who shares them, and who doesn't. To each our own. It doesn't matter what we are passionate about, as long as it is healthy and safe (well, I know extreme sports, for example, can be dangerous at times, but people don't engage in them to intentionally injure themselves).
Once we discover the things in life we are passionate about, and thus discover ourselves, we can truly live in the moment. Once we know what makes our spirits soar, the possibilities in life seem limitless. Opportunity exists around every bend, if only we take the chance, take the risk, to cease it. We often feel limited by our abilities in comparison to those of our friends, family members, and strangers. Second-guessing our potential is not beneficial whatsoever. Even the greatest singers and athletes have trepidations about the extent of their skills. To quote Yoda, "There is no try, only do." And with doing comes improvement, and with improvement, mastery. Everyone's a greenhorn at some point. So, go. Go out and make your moment beautiful. Fill each moment with everything you are.
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