What does all this mean? Clearly, you have asked yourself this question and have seen the words “passion, identity, self-esteem and success” subtly listed on the main page. The quick response is that these four words are pillars that support my well-being.
Well, first and foremost, thank you for taking the time to even read this. I am grateful for many things in my life and I feel more compelled than ever to share my thoughts and insight on what I feel I am good at speaking to. So, this is where you will the find the details of “it”.
Passion, the first pillar in my words:
In today’s modern world, I feel that passion is so convoluted and mixed in with the age-old question of “what career will I choose and continue to work in for the rest of my life”. I too, have asked this question many-many-many times. I have honestly tried various types of jobs and profiles that almost aligned with my passion. Yes, ALMOST.
I think passion is the abundant force that propels curiosity and excitement in every waking second of life here on earth. Others have described it as an obsession and a barely controllable emotion. In my thoughts I have pictured passion to be a straight-line that is like a track or road that we have fallen off during our teenage years.
This straight-line of passion that I have visualized is what I feel is inherent to us. However we seem to never get back on its tracks but only close to it. It really feels like it is a wave or abstract line that doesn’t quite reach the track. The wave can be described as our choices that we justify to ourselves to have some semblance of the passion we desire.
For example, I worked at a kitchen-cabinet workshop because I thought I would be able to create with utmost freedom during slower business hours and would have access to wood-working equipment. Well, I was wrong, in fact I was the shop grunt that was constantly cleaning and moving equipment in and out of a Sprinter van. You see, I justified how this job would closely align to what I really wanted to do and that was to simply create.
Identity, the second pillar and what it means to me:
Did you ever feel that you have to change your appearance to get the acceptance of others? My answer is yes, I have felt that I needed to fit-in among my peers during my youth by wearing the same brands and styles as them. It worked, but I don’t think that I had the most quality of friendships that way.
I also blatantly lied to myself and this caused for a major struggle with this noun named identity; the fact of being who or what a person or thing is. personally its the ‘who’ part that everyone struggles with at some point in there lives. Fast forward to today and my understanding of this descriptive text is that it is NOT what I do, NOT where I work and NOT how I do things. It is WHO I am when I am interacting with anything or anyone.
Just recently, I have aligned my passion to create with my identity and now feel a stronger sense of self. With this I know I will find success and balance but also this is what this blog is about.
Self-Esteem, the third pillar in a nut-shell:
I will give you a thought to ponder: Once I hopped ‘back’ on to this straight line of passion it created a new trajectory towards success. It placed me in a realm of untapped confidence and eagerness to share my thoughts. Now, I have a crystal clear framework of who I really am. I am a creator and conversationalist and in that statement I have found a strong sense of self-esteem.
Success, the fourth pillar and deeply complex goal:
It is the why of this blog. We are all searching for it and want it but we must align our state of mind to accept our true identity, our concrete passion and garner strength through a sound self-esteem.
Thank you for reading this.
Vik Kalsi
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