Passion

Passion (from the Latin patior, meaning to suffer or to endure)

Hmmm

When we think of passion, we don't necessarily think in terms of suffering...unless we're denied the object of our passion.

Passion is just yet another emotion which compels our actions and influences our decisions. We all have some passion for something though to some we may seem dispassionate due to our passions being controllable or comparably mild. I think often that human interaction fails to expose the passions which exist within. You have to really get to know someone to know what they're passionate about. You can assume they're unenthusiastic or indifferent but few people are disinterested in their own lives. They know what they like even if you don't and, if you want to see them at their best, encourage their individuality, listen to them when they reveal themselves, and find opportunities to enable their passions to grow. You'll benefit from it unless your own passions differ so markedly that it makes you incompatible.

Were we all indifferent, we'd stumble around the world looking like characters from Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. However, there are few truly dispassionate individuals in this world and yet, when our passions aren't encouraged, we do have a tendency to appear otherwise. We should be true to our passions, whatever they are, for we can't depend on another person to fulfill them for us. And, if the person/people we're with don't match us in our passionate endeavors or at least appreciate and address them, we're doing ourselves a disservice.