Will passion or love better help us achieve our purpose?

Passion is often used to describe how strongly someone feels about their goals or life purpose.  I have a passion for helping the homeless.  I have a passion for being a successful business owner.  I have a passion for…  It is related to one’s hunger or desire to attain something.  ”If you have a very high level of passion, you’ll have an easier time reaching that goal. ”

But when we think of passion as it relates to being in love, it tends to be an emotion that burns extremely hot but usually quickly burns itself out.  People that are passionate about one another often become very involved in a short period of time but once that passion wanes, they find that the day to day habits or characteristics just get in the way and they don’t have enough lasting love to see them through.

Obviously, if our feelings towards our purpose burn hot for a while and then burn out, it isn’t going to help achieve the goals.  And this is what I quite often see.  Someone will profess their passion for a certain purpose but when the “rubber meets the road” their passion quickly dies.  They don’t have enough lasting love to see them through the challenges they face to work towards their purpose.

Think of the best marriages you know.  Think of how those two individuals interact on a regular basis.  There are good days and bad days.  They have enough love for one another that even during the bad days, they know there will be good days.  The pure, raw passion has long since left the marriage, but they have not given up.  They took their vows, “for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.”

Are you ready to take your vows to your purpose?