Passion IS Power

Back to basics. Building blocks. The foundation. I would like to start with two powerful quotes from two people for whom I maintain great reverence and respect. The first is from Gandhi:

"Real wealth is good health". And, 

David Olgivy, The King of Madison Avenue, who is quoted as saying,

"Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals."

I like both of those quotes. Each has an intensity and singular focus that brings a larger picture to view. That being the importance of passion. Because it is crucial, dear friends, that we pack this ingredient into every lunch box. Without passion every sandwich is going to taste like styrofoam on rye. A lot of baloney on white bread. If the time has come for you to make a monumental decision, as that time has come for me, then passion needs to power to pick.

You can keep what you have always had by doing what you have always done. Or, as cited by the Gandhi example, if you have felt the empirical effects of the journey we refer to in a politically correctly manner as the 'aging process', and suddenly realize that he is 100% dead solid right on target, you need to do something outside of the status quo. One must embark on a hero's journey. One must have passion for this cause, or else it simply WILL NOT work.

You will quit.

You will accept mediocrity.

You will fail and fall.

You will seek the comfort of convenience.

You will dummy down.

You will buy a flat screen plasma 80" TV.

You will give up.

And then you will die. 

You health IS the only real wealth. Make a daily deposit. Compound your interest. Add passion.

Is there honestly a more noble quest? You aren't going to get much done in your pajamas. We train (and train hard) at oh-dark-thirty because we have lots on our plates. There is much to do. This hero stuff is 24/7 non-stop action. You snooze you lose. I want to be passionate about everything. Every pedal rotation, every watt, every cup of coffee, every conversational exchange, every kiss. 

You can have ho-hum. You can keep your convention. I have no time for quaint, normal or average. The pedestrian can walk, I am going to run. I will accept status quo when its status is perfect. Our chain of events are oiled by it. I want passion. 

And I want it now. 

There, that's better.