Issue 127: Passion
THE LEAP
BY QUANTUM ORANGE
GROW, EXPAND & EVOLVE
ISSUE 127 | LIVING WITH PASSION
Each week The (Quantum) Leap summarises a key aspect of success into what you need to Think, Feel and Do to create a personal shift.
Don’t worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
~ Howard Thurman
THINK
Most people think passion is something you find. As if it’s hiding under a rock somewhere, waiting to be discovered.
Wrong.
Passion is something you build. You choose. It’s not about waiting to feel inspired. It’s about doing what matters - until your soul lights up.
Life can get busy, and sometimes it may feel like you’re so caught up in “busy-ness” that you have no time to pursue the things you truly love. Reflect on what you’re most passionate about - then take a look at where you’re spending your time.
Ask yourself:
- Am I getting enough time to do the things that I love and that nurture my soul?
- Where in my life have I gone numb?
- What would I fight for, even if no one ‘cheered’?
- What do I do that makes time disappear - and me come alive?
Think laterally about how you can fill your life with the things that inspire and energise you. Focus your time and energy on what you’re truly passionate about and you’ll feel a stronger sense of personal fulfilment because your passions align with your purpose.
Remember - living with passion doesn’t mean constant excitement. It means living on fire for something bigger than your excuses.
FEEL
Passion feels like energy in the form of excitement and enthusiasm, and is often accompanied by a sense of purpose or meaning clicking into place. You might feel compelled before your mind catches up, or be in flow, so absorbed that you forget to eat lunch.
The key emotional marker for passion is a sense of meaning that transcends the feelings of the moment. Even when the work is hard or the path unclear, there’s an underlying pull that keeps you coming back. It’s like having an internal compass that always points toward what matters most to you.
When you live with passion, you stop settling.
You stop tolerating.
You stop hiding.
“Sufficient passion overrides fear, allowing the impossible to be attempted, often in a spectacularly successful way.”
~ Paul Blackburn
Ask yourself:
- When was the last time I felt fully alive - and what was I doing?
- Where have I traded excitement for safety?
- What lights me up - even if it scares me?
Stop trying to find passion - you already have it within you. Passion is not found outside of you, it’s created within you. Bring it forward into all aspects of your life. Ask yourself, “How can I choose to feel passion in all that I do?”
How much would change if you chose to live with passion every single day?
DO
“Passion doesn’t walk down the street looking for you. You have to risk judgement, failure and abandonment. Passion is who you are, but protecting your vulnerability blocks it.”
~ Paul Blackburn
If you’re not waiting for passion to turn up - then you’ll need to take action to unleash it.
Here are five quick actions you can take to get started:
- Say no to something numbing. One meeting, one habit, one person.
- Do something you used to love, but forgot. You don’t need to reinvent, just revisit.
- Move your body with intent to get your energy flowing.
- Create something - anything. Passion flows when you make, not just consume.
- Speak up. Take the risk. Feel the fear and move anyway, passion lives on the edge of comfort.
Ask yourself:
- What would I do if I stopped trying to impress and just tries to feel alive?
- Where can I show up with full energy today - even in the small stuff?
