Life's Passion
By jhoannapena
@jhoannapena (342)
Philippines
July 8, 2008 8:01am CST
For several years I had been searching my inner self to find what my passion is in life. Being married and a homemaker has left me feeling that I lost myself and that I don't know what drives me anymore. Don't get me wrong, I have no regret being a wife and a mother but sometimes I feel that there must be something more in my life that I can do good at aside from taking care of my family.
What I long for, is too know, what is it that will make me get up in the morning and look forward to doing something creative that I love. Something that will make my creative juice pumping, something that will put a smile on my face or get lost in my thoughts while I do something that I am passionate about.
How do I go there in the place that is so unreachable? Am I really that boring or non-creative person?
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@SusanLee (1920)
• United States
8 Jul 08
I guess it is hard to find our creative selves in the mornings when we have laundry, dirty toilets, and a sink full of dirty dishes staring us in the face.
That comes with having children I guess. What ever creativity was there before the children came along is still there, buried under all the day to day chores you have.
Only thing I can tell you is it's still there, waiting until you have the time to explore it and bring it back up.
Maybe you need to sit down and make a list of all the things you wanted to do before you had a family and from that pick something you can do now, and then work toward that.
@jhoannapena (342)
• Philippines
10 Jul 08
Hi,
Thank you for your response.
You know what before I got married I was only concentrating on work. I didn't have time to explore my creative self. I was driven to earn because of my many responsibility and by the time I got married I was still thinking of work until my husband and I decided that I should stop working for the sake of our baby. Even then I still could not find the creative passion I am looking for because I was for the first time learning how to run my household. Now that I am turning 40 I wonder if it too late for me already.
