What is Your Passion? (Poem)

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I wonder, what the word “passion” exactly means
Something you feel excitement for like supporting your favorite team or singing Karaoke?
Something you are eager to do like following your dearest celebrity on social media?
Someone, or beloved animals, you desire to be with whenever you can?

Wikipedia says,
Passion – a feeling of intense enthusiasm towards or compelling desire for someone or something
Makes sense
But it also says Passion derived from the Greek word “πάσχω“, meaning “to suffer, to be acted on”

“Passion = Suffering” – Who would have thought of this equation?
Some might ask, “What is your passion in life?”
With a connotation of “What is your suffering in life?”?
Enthusiasm is pain and desire will bring you suffering? Or such enthusiasm or desire would cancel out such pain and suffering, resulting in surrender, yin-yang balance, or nothingness?

Joan of Arc, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Jesus Christ exhibited great examples
How can we find our passion?
Quiet your mind and focus on the desires arising from you, not from anyone else
When the collection of your inherent desires aligns with the universe, you become invincible

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