Thursday, April 3, 2008

What is The Passion Test?

Here's a test that No One Ever Fails!

With this test you can get as many do-overs as you want. The first time I took The Passion Test I was surprised at how ambitious my dreams actually are. As I reviewed the card I created for myself, I thought, Geez, I'd better get busy!

I also really came to appreciate how much I appreciate exactly where I am today. I'm grateful that I have passions. Maybe too many!

Although, many of the items on my list were not true passions, just likes. Likes are good, though they are easily swept aside. Then there are the shoulds. Items I put on my list because I thought they should be there. I mean, what kind of person am I if I don't have World Peace listed as one of my passions? Most definitely not a contender for the Miss (Mrs.) America pageant.

The Passion Test created by Janet Bray Attwood, is a wonderful tool for helping you to discover the clarity you need to begin making your dreams your reality.

What dreams have you talked yourself out of?

I used to believe that if I followed my passion that I would have to neglect my family and leave them to fend for themselves. As passionate as I am about my family it wasn't long before the act of denying my own creative self-expression took a physical and mental toll on me.

Many of us actually feel guilty for wanting to Have, Be or Do more with our lives. We live in a remarkable country and a remarkable era that allows us to even consider the fact that we are free to follow our hearts and imaginations to become the brilliant manifestation of our souls true desire.

So many of the world's people, (especially women) have no personal freedom to express themselves beyond the identities handed to them by their societies and environmental conditions.

The mere fact that you are reading this means that you are already blessed with wealth and abundance greater than 95% of the world's population.

Sorry, I digress. My point is that we live in a time that offers us more choices and more opportunities to live a life full of growth and self-discovery. Your passions evolve in direct relationship to your needs.

Our dreams and goals are how we handle what is right in front of us with fulfillment and satisfaction. We begin with the basics. If you are hungry, you need food. Getting food becomes an all-consuming passion. If you are lonely, you become passionate about finding companionship and love. Once our most basic needs are met, our souls begin to yearn for other forms of self-expression and accomplishment.

Though, I am not a clinical psychotherapist, it is becoming more and more obvious to me that the majority of depressed people in our society are seeking medication in order to deaden themselves to the fact that they are continually denying themselves the opportunities to discover or actually follow their true passion.

I believe you can begin to live your life with true heartfelt passion, right now, today. But first you must give yourself permission.

There is nothing to fear and nothing to feel guilty about. In order to create change in our lives, we must first change ourselves.

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves,
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?


Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
~ Marianne Williamson~

What would you do for hours or for free, just because you love it?

The Passion Test is an easy way to help you to identify and prioritize you passions in life, those activities that you are willing to leap out of bed for early in the morning or stay up late and continue after the world has fallen asleep. These are your dreams, you desires that breath life into your soul.

You might be surprised by what shows up for you. It's the first step to creating the life you truly desire. I highly recommend this simple test to absolutely everyone.

You can take it here for Free... Take The Passion Test Now!