Tuesday, June 14, 2016

MIDWAY : Passion is power by Moheindu Chemjong

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he be at peace with himself. What a man be, he must be. Maybe Abraham Maslow, the management guru was right. Life is meant for following your passions, doing those things which make your heart stir. And seriously, isn't the person with a passion, the sexiest? As Oprah says and I believe in, what is the point if we don't live with that ardour, that fire, that passion. The passionate breeds are the luckiest for they seize the day and make life worthwhile. Dr Joy Hocking is one of the most passionate souls I ever came across. She taught us Organizational Management at University. Considered the most difficult unit, she had gained a reputation as a stern marker. Therefore, I postponed doing this unit until the last semester. Difficult aspects of Organisational Philosophy were sometimes enough to give me a jolt but over a period of time, I grew to like Joy. She was so madly in love with the subject. And the joy in her was contagious. But passion made even the hardest climb exciting!
  

Perhaps passion is that power that makes you want to go and grab the universe in your hands and live each day as if you're a God who's just emerged out of the chrysalis! Passionate people not only are successful but they also radiate ebullience, exuberance, overflowing energy and that light never fades from their hearts. Oprah has her heart and soul at the job? So is Louis Armstrong whose music still enlivens the lives of many. Umpteen success stories were sown in passionate hearts. Can you not feel the passion and the irrepressible spirit in Nhyoo Bajracharya's music?
 
Writing a dissertation or standing up for a conviction is all devotion at work. Passion makes challenges intoxicating. During my holiday in Nepal last year, I came across Bidur, the gentleman who cooks for us at home. That he got lost in the throes of cooking inspired me to take up the apron. My friend, David Griffith, is an individual with that lust who lavished his energy and time on creating a future only he could see. After becoming disabled in the Vietnam conflict he faced two choices, curl up and die alone, or use his writings to keep his world alive. Since 1969, his writing has him in harmony with why he was born in the first place. Maybe Rod Stewart is right. He sang,” Even the president needs passion, everybody needs passion.” If anything was achieved in this world, it is because someone followed that divine passion. People, it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!