Passion

Every time we hear about those people who are successful, they will say that their passion in what they do help them to become what they are today. Those same people,depending on their field, will say that they have a passion for helping people, being with people, listening to people, etc. However, I really wonder, while these people seems to be making big money and very successful in their chosen career field, how really passionate they are about those who really mean something to them. People like their friends, relatives, parents, siblings, spouses and children. These are the people who really matters, to my way of thinking. You can have a passion for helping people to succeed, but do you even have the passion or patience to even listen to what your children are telling you? What your friends are trying to say?

In a lot of ways, whenever someone committed suicide, the close friends and relatives around them will express shock and surprise. Why is this so? Is it really that the victim really does not display signs of taking this route or that people around them are not paying close attention enough? I do not believe that a person committing suicide would just decide one day that they're going to do it. It will have passed through their minds way before they actually do it, even if it's just a fleeting thought. If the people around them pay close attention enough, it can be spotted or the victims may even give up the thought of taking this final route.

There's more stress in this day and age when everything should be much easier on our lives. Many people are suffering below the surface but when you said you are successful because you have the passion to succeed, what about the one passion that matters most? What about having enough passion to care for those that you care about? Or are you only passionate about making money and being successful in your career?