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- Bill Burns
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If you have discovered something you are passionate about, how did you discover that thing?
Many people go through living bored, mundane, uninspired lives. Many have not taken it upon themselves to seek out what they are passionate about. I was like that for about 50 years and it seems by luck I found my mine.
How did you find yours?
Yuri Gomez
Nov 4 2011: Hi,
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In these days of accelerated innovations, it seems finding "passion" is the answer to our problems. But maybe is the other way around: We don't find "passion" on things we do.
We think, successful people find their passion, but I believe people that are really successful don't find it, They are already passionate about making things happend. They are not worried about the results to get, therefore they enjoy every moment of action.
So, I believe it is a shift of awareness, a change of direction.
That way we discover that every moment is different so we just enjoy it. Not because We must enjoy it, but because is the only way it happens.
I live in Peru, and a few years ago I believed poor people has a lack of happiness, but I realized that is not true. I realized, it is not the situation that makes us happy or being passionate about things, instead it is the other way around.
I'd like to share this quote :
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Nov 4 2011: Hi again Yuri:>)
I totally agree with you...we don't "find" passion...people are already passionate about making things happen...not worried about the results to get, therefor they enjoy every moment of action...yes...yes....yes!!!
I agree that it is a shift of awareness...not to "find" passion, but rather to create passion....discovery in every moment.....not becaue we must enjoy it, but because it is the only way it happens....yes....yes...yes!!!
I also realized, by traveling in remote areas of our world (including the mountains of Peru, BTW), that it is not the situation that makes us happy or passionate about things, instead, it is the other way around....yes...yes...yes!!! Thank you for that insightful comment:>)
Nov 4 2011: Hi Colleen,
I very much appreciate your words. also I'm happy to know You have visited Peru .
Thank You
Nov 5 2011: I appreciate your words as well Yuri. I LOVE Peru, and was very passionate about hiking part of the Inca trail to Machu Picchu and beyond...unbelievably beautiful:>)Nov 4 2011: Yes indeed¡¡¡¡¡¡Nov 5 2011: Thank you Yuri! Very thoughtful and inspirational thought!Nov 6 2011: Very good Yuri and I think I get what you are expressing. Yet, as in my case, if you have lost happiness and feel no passion, then what? It is too common for people to lead dull, boring mundane lives or worse to live with depression and anxiety. This is what happened to me after a number of serious losses.
I HAD to find myself again and to find my passion or was doomed to a sad existence.
Luckily for me I have found myself and my passion and have reclaimed my life.
Passionate people are engaged in all that life has to offer and I have been experiencing this too.
Thank you for sharing your talents here with us.
Nov 7 2011: Hi Bill,
I'm glad what I share can help all... Just as other people's sharing help me.
It's amazing to know we started finding ourselves.
Thank you for a challenging question..
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Nov 6 2011: " Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer
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Thank you for this quote Yuri. It is so true. And I appreciate your view:)Nov 2 2011: Bill, people who know me might say, "He's the most seriously religious person I know," and perhaps one person has said it to me.
When I was a child, my large, maternal family, from Tater Valley, Tennessee, said I'd make a good Bible preacher. But the boy had precious doubt: the God could not be so weak as to threaten believers.
In college I focused on science and became a chemical engineer. Then, I fell in love with a Louisiana-French Catholic woman. LFC means she follows her family tradition, mind, and heart, not the Church. When my protestant peers refused to accommodate her in our Sunday school classes, I had a decision to make: stay with them or support her plus be true to myself—really decide what I think.
I quit religion and took up classical reading, then expanded to US history leading to the US Constitution, health, human biology, evolution, and more. I filled the "churched" void by pondering social issues and writing letters to the editor. In my earliest letters, I expressed faith in the truth much of which is unknown. When people discussed it with me, they would say, "Your Christian faith failed you," and I responded, "Faith in the truth takes more faith and courage than faith in an institution."
Fifteen years later, I still have faith in the truth much of which is unknown. I claim that I am a human being and member of the community of living species. Those are my preferences. About the ultimate validity of my preferences, I do not know. Therefore, I do not want anyone to join my path. However, I am very happy to share it, as I do not think many people have followed such a path, and that is my number one passion beyond my family and well being.
So: I am passionate about my faith and discovered it through my wife and my childhood thoughts.
Nov 2 2011: Faith in yourself, faith in your own critical thinking - that is important. I love being spiritual but religious - not so much.
Nov 2 2011: Thanks, Bill, for your dedication to your question and TEDsters' responses.
To clarify my statement, "my faith" refers to trust in and commitment to the truth much of which is unknown.
If reality involves the supernatural, I must accept it, but, so far, it seems to me there is no supernatural beyond intellectual constructs. Therefore, I have no interest in supernatural ideas, such as souls. I do not consider myself spiritual.
If we replace "tolerate" with "appreciate," I like two statements in 90 seconds by Bertrand Russell. The first part is applicable to if not describes my faith:
http://deskarati.com/2011/08/04/bertrands-wise-words/ .
Nov 2 2011: Fact - "love is wise - hatred is foolish." B. Russell. As I like to say, "love is the verb for peace."Nov 7 2011: Simple:whatever you are passionate about is effortless, time flies on wings when you do it, money does not come in the picture... you could do it for free if time/resources permitted...
Food is my passion and i discovered it when i asked myself what would i do easily and happily for a lifetime...
Of course its hard for people like me to have a single passion :)
Nov 7 2011: Hi Bulbul,
It IS simple...I agree..."whatever you are passionate about is effortless, time flies on wings when you do it..."
It may be hard for people like you and me to have a single passsion, because we bring passion to the experience, rather than waiting for the experience to bring passion to us.
Tina Moore
Nov 6 2011: This is an interesting question. For myself, I wasn't passionate about anything other than my students until I turned 39. That was due to suffering from depression (sometimes mild and sometimes severe) and anxiety. It was difficult to have any sustaining passion, excitement or energy until I dealt with that inner sadness. Although I gave my students everything I had, in hindsight it was only a fraction of what it could have been, because I was a fraction of what I could have been.
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At 39 I decided I didn't want to live that way and made a decision to change my life. I decided to run 40K on my 40th birthday (I had no idea how far that really was!!) Once I put that energy into place, my life turned around...dramatically! I had no idea an exercise goal would change all other aspects of my life! (Note: I had NEVER exercised before...ever!)
Because of that goal, I am now passionate about LIFE! I laugh on a daily basis whereas before I used to cry. Finding my passion was finding mySELF. Once I uncovered my inner spirit and dealt with the past pain...my life, my creativity, inspiration, vigor and energy exceeded anything I'd ever felt before.
LIFE BECAME MY PASSION, for this I am very grateful.
Thank you for this question...and I'm so glad to hear you found YOUR passion!
With a smile,
Nov 6 2011: Wow Tina, I am moved! Isn't 40K almost a marathon?? From this discussion I've learned there are SO many different ways that people find their passion.
Once found I think a person then has the responsibility to express the passion and to share it, nurture and grow it. Maybe this is what unleashed the miracles in one's life.
You have an inspirational story for sure. Thank you for sharing it.
Nov 6 2011: Hi Bill...thank you...and yes, it most certainly is...but I saved the 42K (full marathon) for my 42nd birthday which was just last month...I literally smiled the entire way!
I agree with your statement to share, nurture and grow your passion, but I think once you've discovered it, for me anyway, it's an automatic driving energy that makes you bounce out of bed excited to start the day...that's how it is for me now...
Having lived in a dark cloud for so many years...it's a brand new life...and yes, I want to share, love, nurture, and help as much as I can!
Nov 6 2011: What a great route for the Victoria marathon! I have been to Victoria on holiday and toured all around where you ran. Just beautiful. Both Victoria and Vancouver are such beautiful cities and people.
Great pictures on your blog!
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Nov 6 2011: "Although I gave my students everything I had, in hindsight it was only a fraction of what it could have been, because I was a fraction of what I could have been." - Lovingly, beautifully and well said Tina :)
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Nov 6 2011: Bill, so happy to hear you've been to Victoria! It was an absolutely gorgeous and inspiring route. I'm glad I made the choice to enJOY it rather than run to make a specific time and miss all the beauty that was around me. Thanks for checking out the photos! :)
Juliette: Thank you...what a lovely comment! I am in contact with most of my students to this day even though I'm now in a different city, so I guess I did something right! :) Love travels miles...
queen mg
Nov 1 2011: when you see what u are passionate about, you dont need anyone to tell you, you see yourself smiling while doing that, and whenever you see yourself or someone else doing same thing you feel so happy within you, for instance i love music, and when i sing i feel on top of the world, if i hear someone else sing i feel so happy, it makes me forget my pains, so at a time i came to realize that this is exactly what i would love to do, thats how i became a singer, you can discover what you are passionate about through ur instinct and feelings..
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Nov 1 2011: "you see yourself smiling while doing that, and whenever you see yourself or someone else doing same thing"
YA! A great clue to what your passion is aye? I dream about speaking in public about 3 times a week these days. That is my main passion. I love teaching, inspiring and making folks laugh.
Keep singing!Nov 6 2011: @ Phillip Beaver:
Bla, bla, bla, bla.....NO, YOU TAKE.....Bla, bla, bla, bla...
Please, live Bill out of this!
Peace!Nov 6 2011: Hi Bill,
Great question. My passion found me. It's always been in me, but it was only recently that I recognized it! It was through the hardships of life and how I overcame them when I started acting on my passion. It's always been there. Caring and helping and entertaining. It's all about "Others" for me. What I have I share in order to bring a smile, warm a heart and give some comfort to your soul. Love my friend - that is my passion!
BTW: it doesn't matter how many years it takes to pursue your passion. sometimes it just needs to develop more through experiences. I bet it was always there......
Bill Burns
Nov 6 2011: Yes you are right! Seems like my passion was always there. It was just hidden under the decaying leaves of too many autumns. (ewww - that's kind of a dark and dismal image isn't it? ;)
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I think I know what you mean which is the joy of living and being "of service" to others. It is its own reward.
Now you mentioned entertaining. What did you mean by that?
Nov 6 2011: Being a person who usually sees the cup more than half full AND a gardener, I percieve your insightful statement as BEAUTIFUL, rather than "dark and dismal".
Out of the composted fertile earth springs beautiful flowers......and love:>)
I'm passionate about both;>)Nov 6 2011: I used to have a passion to make people laugh and smile. In my younger years I did this through dance. I say entertain now because I believe we can entertain through conversation...... :)
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Nov 6 2011: I have a great deal of passion, I love everything I do. I have no idea where it comes from:-)
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Nov 6 2011: You are one of the lucky ones!! Wherever it comes from don't lose it!
Roy Mulder
Nov 5 2011: I am passionate about fish and the marine environment. I still remember getting my first mask at about 5 years old and being able to see clearly underwater. For years I tried to talk my father into joining me and he always was reluctant to put a mask on. I settled it by giving him a mask and snorkel for his birthday. He put it on his face and saw his first fish and was instantly hooked. That winter he asked if I would like to join him and take the Canadian Armed Forces Scuba Course. He was the oldest in the class and I was the youngest. That was 37 years ago and today I find myself president of the Marine Life Sanctuaries Society and an avid underwater videographer and fish sympathizer.
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I never tire of diving and what I have seen happen to the ocean in front of my own eyes, has motivated me to devote my life to stewarding the ocean and enlightening people on what is there to be seen and taken care of.
Nov 6 2011: Wow Roy! How utterly cool. To have known since age 5!!! I have walked under ancient seas while in the Grand Canyon but have never dived into today's oceans.
Keep up your excellent work.
Jaime Lubin
Nov 4 2011: To discover we have to uncovering and see....but thats is a dare for most of the people...fear to remove the cover.
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Nov 6 2011: Yes Jaime - seems I was one of these people for many years. Funny how it happens. Then I woke up.
Like the way you expressed that!
BillNov 4 2011: When you can not stop thinking about it ! THIS IS IT! Now, you either have the opportunity to act on it and take a leap of faith!!
Or you can either let fear rob you from that passion ! In either case, IT 'S ABOUT YOUR OWN CHOICE TO FOLLOW THAT PASSION.
I really pray, that people can break out of their fear, and FOLLOW THEIR PASSION, because I'm sure, that we lost so many ideas, because of fear. JUST DO IT, like Nike said !!
Nov 4 2011: What a thought! "We lost so many ideas because of fear." Wow! And yes how practical....what you think about all the time! How true.
So what do you think about all the time and how did you discover this thing, your passion?
Nov 4 2011: Thank you Bill!!
I will start by saying : Where did I find my passion ? In my heart ! Cliché! Maybe, but so true to me!
My passion is business, negotiation, business strategies, marketing etc., and people, I love the human race. God did a great job!
I just love all the aspect of it. In my early adult age, 18 or so, I was buying books about business, finding book on the subject, I don't know, my attraction and interest was thriving me towards that path. When to school and studied it obviously. I'm looking forward to do my MBA.
Along the way, because all came from my heart, it wasn't about the money aspect of it, but don't get me wrong, we need money to do business. So, I start to bring all the business sense that I have and mixed it with philantropy, because all came from my heart. Now I found my passion, putting all the knowledge of how to make money, and bring it, to the world that need it the most, philantropy.
My passion is to take money from the rich and give it to the poor, kind of a modern "RobinE Hood". Right now I'm putting the Board together, great people already participating.
I'm a philantropist businesswoman and my passion is to make money to help someone else. Best of both world, yes it is possible !!
Cheers Bill! Check my website : www.fishcorporation.org
Nov 6 2011: Oui Mirelle. C'est bon. Please excuse my poor attempt with the beautiful French language but it has been too many years since university and any practice. I think I know what you mean about the excitement of business and not just the money.
Business - commerce is what makes the world go round It is the buying and selling and moving of goods about the planet that bring people together. Of course greed and power corrupt completely but when in balance, commerce is a beautiful thing.
I so enjoy the psychology of negotiations and the intellectual games to be played. My best friend from childhood now has a company in Toronto that does capital campaigns in the 1 to 5 M range for non-profits. A most interesting business and fella.
Thank you for sharing!Nov 6 2011: "My passion is to take money from the rich and give it to the poor."
Bill seemed to wholeheartedly approve of this passion; I question it.
With the word "take" it seems a tyranny--an oppressive, harsh, and unjust act. Unjust mostly toward the poor.
After redistribution of the riches, how would the poor survive? Would the injustice I perceive become evident?
PhilNov 2 2011: A key question. Early on, as a kid, I had the notion that the closer I looked at something the more beauty I would see. Why I sought beauty I don't know...perhaps it was my test pilot father taking us kids out to see the Mojave Desert's spectacular poppy and lupine and goldfield show in spring. I simply absorbed the flower identification guide my dad bought. I worry that kids these days have less opportunities to be similarly imprinted early on (I love the slogan "no child left inside"!). My passion had me making botanical illustrations in middle school, "looking into the throats of wildflowers". My science teacher at Malibu Junior High (now the High school) excused me from class so I could explore the nearby fields, choosing spring wildflowers to dissect and sketch. In college I got into plankton (living in Malibu gave me a marine orientation), and eventually I got into electron microscopy at Woods Hole (on Cape Cod). Now I am writing and illustrating a guide to single-cell creatures while living on a tiny Pacific atoll. The book will be published next year, a labor of 20 years. Late in life I heard the Navajo phrase "walking in beauty". There is something cosmic in beauty; despite my scientific training, it mystifies me. I remained an artist throughout my career, but had to invent my own job (as writer) to do so.
Nov 2 2011: Dear Dean,
I LOVE what you have written, and agree wholeheartedly! The closer I look at something the more beauty I see, and "walking in beauty" resonates in every cell of my heart, mind, body and spirit energy.
Since you know and love flowers, I'd like to share with you the space I occupy:>)
Gardening is one of my many passions, and it fits perfectly with another passion, which is to leave the space I occupy on this earth a little bit cleaner than when I came here. My mom was in the gardens when she went into labor for me 65 years ago, and I have been in a garden ever since:>)
http://smugdud.smugmug.com/Quintessential%20Vermont )Nov 2 2011: Thanks for your story Dean. Seems like you were a natural at this passion thing. Keep it up!
Oliver Kuy
Nov 2 2011: I found it when I was still doing it without getting paid.
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Nov 2 2011: Okay Oliver sounds like you must love it if you did it for free. Is it now your paid gig? Care to share what it is and how you found it?
Nov 2 2011: I can't say that I get paid doing it a 100% because I do pro bono projects.
I like creating, designing and building. I need my hands to be busy all the time. I find myself doing a new project for no reason at all. If my hands aren't busy, like while I'm sleeping, my brain takes over. :)
Currently, I do a lot of graphic design and web development but I've done industrial design related projects too (furniture, packaging, etc.).
I can also say that I am passionate about these things because I get support and approval from my family, colleagues and clients.
I think to find your passion, it needs an audience.
Nov 2 2011: Thanks Oliver that's cool. "I think to find your passion, it needs an audience." There's a new thought!!
Aurora Adams
Nov 1 2011: I found that by going back to my childhood dreams, where anything is possible, I was able to find my passion. I also read a great book, "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron- which is where I found this path
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Bill Burns
Nov 1 2011: Wow, Aurora, I absolutely love this! It so resonates with my experience. I had such a hard time finding my passion because I never really looked and it never jumped up and bit me. I started playing ice hockey at 53 because of a childhood dream that I totally had forgotten. Thanks for sharing.
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Nov 1 2011: You see? It did whisper to you. I just knew it.
Lately, the idea that our deepest passions and gifts whispered to us when we were young, and are still there speaking to us when we clear away the outside noise to hear them...even 50 years later, astounds me and begs asking whether it's already planted when we arrive. Do you think it is?
Nov 2 2011: I gotta give it to you - you're right. The dream was forgotten. I had started to emerge from my cry baby cave after the big D and stuff started happening. A friend and I were visiting and he asked, "hey, did you ever think about playing ice hockey?" There was no whispering about that one. It was loud and clear. And its not a world changing big picture passion but its something that brings me so much joy and I needed to get some joy back in my life so it is an important one for me.
Peace on ya! Enjoy your comments.Nov 1 2011: LOVE IT!!! Explore life with the curiosity and unconditional love of a child:>)Oct 31 2011: To get passionate at first one has to find out what one loves most. It's not an easy thing to do. Some people can spend X years, chasing all sorts of things and yet not knowing what exactly they want to do with their lives. Some people go to University and study something because their parents want them to study or they friends study and they want to study the same (this counts for sport as well). in this way they think they can discover what they love, but during that time either they start to love it or they get bored. "Seek and ya shall find" isn't always working, because one can seek and seek.
To me there were two things to find out: INSPIRATION and DESPERATION (only these two make me to take actions.)
I simply ask myself:
for INSPIRATION – How loud a telephone has to be before it let me know that it needs to be answered?
for DESPERATION – How uncomfortable my chair (situation) has to be to let me know that I have to leave?
Then I start to ACT, and the funniest thing is that I discover something that I am passionate about and get inspired when I do nothing "important", such as cycling, walking, travelling, etc.
Sometimes we get hold back because of FEAR of UNKNOWN, fear of losing or just because someone tells us we can't do it. NOTHING VANTURED NOTHING GAINED! No pain no gain.
Let me remind us some power words
"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"
By Marianne WilliamsonOct 30 2011: I am passionate about everything in every single moment. For me, it hasn't been a matter of "discovering" anything, it's been a matter of being aware of all there is to be passionate about, and following that which makes my heart sing. For me, it's always been about opening my heart and mind to the possibilities. Look around you..."BE" totally engaged in whatever you're doing in the moment. What comes first...passion...or the reason for passion? Do we wait for passion to knock on our door? Or do we create it? I like creating it as part of the life journey... It's a choice in every moment:>)
Oct 31 2011: Sounds like you are a real lover of life! What would you say are your top three things you are passionate about and how did you discover these passions? I am genuinely curious to know HOW people found their passions.
Oct 31 2011: I AM a lover of life, and as I said, I am passionate about everything in every single moment. What part of that statement do you not understand? I don't have "three things" I am passionate about. Right now, my focus and passion is on taking care of my brother, who has cancer and is not doing well. I do that with passion...totally engaged in the process. I don't "find" passion...I AM passionate about everything I do.
There is no reason to look outside ourselves for "something" in my humble perception. Passion is something we create in our "self"...or not.
Oct 31 2011: I get that Colleen. I'm rather that way myself. Your comment made me think about passion differently. Awhile back someone asked us (not on TED) to list 20 things someone might not know about you, or something of that nature. The first thing I wrote was, "I wake up happy." However, I don't necessarily equate that with passion.
I generally place passion into the file that says what one loves to do, a cause or group of people one feels deeply enough about to move them to action, lights the fire in our belly, etc., but you're right. Passion is an attitude too, isn't it? It's how we show up towards life. I completely get that, and am most definitely that way myself when it comes to work I care about, people I love, the world around me in general. It pours out like a spring. Thank you for that.
We've begun to use the word passion categorically - as it applies to a particular thing we do. And I think that's true too. It's also a way of being, or how we show up towards life, towards everything that presents itself to us. Nice.Oct 31 2011: Hi Linda,
I cannot even imagine limiting myself to only 3 things to be passionate about!!! Humans seem to like categorizing things, and I do not like that process. I live in the moment, and I percieve everything to be connected, so whatever I'm doing at any given time is my passion. Whether I'm hiking the Annapurna mountain range in Nepal, the Inca trail in Peru, skiing, sailing, biking, kayaking, gardening, or taking care of a sick relative or friend, etc. etc. etc., I am passionate about the moment.
Yes, for me, passion is an attitude...it's how we "show up" for life...it's how we "flow" with life. I really don't care how people choose to use the word, but it seems limiting to me to choose only a couple things to be passionate about.
You're welcome. I am passionate about spreading the word about passion.....LOL:>)
Oct 31 2011: I hear you about passion...laughing :)
And I know we both hear Bill too, being in a job (or jobs) for decades doing what he thought he should, and woke up to find what made his heart beat faster and maybe even shook him at his core. That's revelatory, at best! I love being witness to that in others ...as, I imagine, you are too. We don't know each other yet, but it's clear you're passionate about passion - no matter its form. :)Oct 31 2011: Colleen and Linda, Thank you for sharing your insights. You have taken me deeper into this thought. The fire in the belly expressed in some kind of action are both parts of the thing. For so long I didn't feel any. Now inspiration and passion for things are all around me. I now know what brings me joy.
Gratefully.......Nov 2 2011: Colleen, Bill kindly asked for the top three--not a limit. It seems to me you were not passionate about responding to his simple request.
I'm passionate about my family and friends, my work in retirement,reading social issues and writing letters to the editor, planning family vacations and trips, supporting my daughters careers, etc.
But when a friend asked me to check on another friend, and I found him in a wrecked home, bleeding from all four limbs due to diabetes, suffering from multiple-myeloma, in cold rain with a crew rebuilding his house, I convinced him to come to my home. He was there for twelve days, bleeding for the first week and doing far worse in his illness. Then, there was only one passion for me. My family felt foresaken and abused yet understood.
If I am going to bother responding to Bill, he has my whole passion while I am responding. I think that is what TED is for.
Forgive me for being so bold to say what I think.
PhilNov 2 2011: Dear Phil,
I am aware of what Bill asked for, and I honestly answered from my perspective and life experience. I DO NOT have "the top three" passions, and as I explained clearly, I am passionate about whatever I am engaged in at the moment.
I do not have anything to "forgive" you for, because I do not judge you. Your interpretation of, and displeasure with my response is interesting.
Nov 6 2011: Dear Colleen, I appreciate your response as well as Bill's approval of it.
Yet, I remain frustrated with the equivocation of "top three" as "limit." It seems disingenuous and your response to my concern seems to be: So what? It's my business.
That's OK, too, if that's how it is. Even that is none of my business.
PhilNov 6 2011: Phil,
Being frustrated is YOUR choice. Judging another person for what s/he feels is YOUR choice. What I choose to be passionate about is MY choice, and I am very clear about that. As I said, your displeasure and continuing frustration with my response is interesting...and amusing!Oct 31 2011: Hi Colleen and Bill,
Colleen's observation is one that I couldn't have said better!
Nov 3 2011: Thank you Richard:>)
I truly believe that passions do not necessarily come to us, nor do we need to find or seek passions. My life experience shows me that passion is an energy I carry with me wherever I go, in each and every moment. It is like many other emotions or feelings that people are looking for "out there somewhere", when all the time, we have the choice to really "see" our world differently with knowing our "self".Oct 30 2011: For me it's about synthesis. How do the pieces fit together in larger wholes while seeing the connections that translates into wise action.
Oct 31 2011: So Craig, what are the three things you are most passionate about and how did you discover them?Nov 8 2011: When I first joined a telcom industry (Telnor) handing brand communication for a youth brand (Djuice), I knew I found my passion. The ability to create something at a mass level is something that brings an overwhelming sense of joy.
Recently I've created a Consumer Engagement Platform for the youth of Dhaka called Nxtation. I'm happy to say that all of our shows till date has been sold out, and concept of fusion music is well appreciated in the Bangladeshi Market.
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I could draw in an attempt to make sense of my world and to sublimate.


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Christopher Samba's departure will help Blackburn's squad pull together in their fight against relegation from the Barclays Premier League, according to manager Steve Kean.
Rovers refused to let the defender leave during the January transfer window despite his very public desire to do so but Kean kept him out of the matchday squad and Samba finally got his wish on Friday when he joined Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala.
Kean told the Lancashire Telegraph: "The pivotal point was that Chris didn't want to apologise, didn't want to withdraw his transfer request and was very adamant that he wanted to leave and that played a big part of it. On a positive side, now we know everyone we have in the dressing room wants to be here. We will all be pulling together."
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August 31st, 2013 11:51 PM #106
DW's name: Michelle Susan
DH's name: James Robert
Year of marriage: 2003
1: You and DH buy a new house, perfect for a family!
2: You get pregnant! It's a girl! Her name is Norma Katherine.
3: You and DH adopt a puppy. It's a boy Golden Retriever named Max!
4: You get pregnant with multiples! Boy/girl twins named Lily Grace and Luke Eli.
5: Your family moves to a new house in a different city. We move to Richmond, VA and this is the house:
6: You and DH adopt a baby! It's a girl named Makayla Annette!
7: Your family adopts a kitten. It's a male California Spangled Cat names Tiger!
8: You get pregnant! Twin girls named Lola Rhiannon and Layla Alice.
9: Your family moves to Toronto, Canada. This is the house:
10: Michelle and James miss having babies around the house, so in January, they turn to fertility treatments. They later find out that they are expecting quintuplets! The real kicker…they are all girls! Their names are Ava Claire, Amelia Sophronia, Alyssa Marie, Annistyn Rose, and Adecyn Jayne.~Emily
Annabel, Carlotta, Tamar, Jubilee, Lorelei, Lola, Josie, Alice, Indira, Claire, Liliosa, Vivienne, Ella, Abigail, Ivy
Jameson, Samuel, Archer, Dominic, Barnaby, Paul, Henry, Oliver, Jadon, Isaac, Harrison, Lawson, Ezra, Rhys
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The Lafferty Family:
W: June Bethany {Jones}
H: Eugene Francis
Year of Marriage: 2003
Year1: June and Gene adopt a kitten to fill their very empty house. He is a California Spangled that they name Fox.
Year2: Unable to get pregnant and not yet wanting to turn to fertility drugs, June and Gene adopt a newborn baby boy whom they name Tobias Henry.
Year3: After the successful adoption of Tobias, June and Gene once again go through the same agency to bring home baby Jeremy Beckett.
Year4: June, Gene and the boys move from the USA to London, England, to a beautiful house: http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/AOB3000.jpg
Year5: Although they had a beautiful home, June craves the countryside so they move out of London to a large country home: http://garden-chick.typepad.com/.a/6...e3d1970b-800wi
Year6: It must have been the country air! June is pregnant with their third son. He is named Sebastian James.
Year7: Much to the disappointment of Fox, June and Gene give in to the boys' pleads for a puppy. The family adopt a young male German Shepherd that is named Rex.
Year8: Although the family were loving England, Gene's work takes them back to the US, to LA, California: http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumbla...4902459FuG.jpg
Year9: June gets pregnant with their fourth son, he is named Roman Atticus.
Year10: For the last time - so says Gene - the family move from the USA to Sydney, Australia: http://cdn.freshome.com/wp-content/u...-australia.jpg
~"The Lafftery Family = June (35) and Gene (32) with: Tobias (8), Jem (7), Seb (4), Roman (1); Fox (9.5) and Rex (3)."~Hakuna Matata * Ohana
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September 1st, 2013 11:14 AM #110
Me: Freya Louise {Jameson}
Hubby: Gregory Vance Pitter
Year of marriage: 2013
Yr1: Our new house is quite empty with just the two of us so Greg and I adopt a young female Siberian husky from a local shelter. After much debate I chose her name: Penelope.
Yr2: We love Penelope so much that we want to get her a friend to play with, we Greg and I go to the same shelter we had her from and adopt a male German Shepherd. I let Greg pick his name: Jeremy.
Yr3: Our house might have been big enough for Nell but with both dogs running around it feels squashed! So Greg and I decide to move more into the countryside: http://wrensnest.org/blog/wp-content...e-pics-136.jpg
Yr4: The commute into work from our new house is driving Greg nuts but I still want the countryside living. A compromise means another house move: http://garden-chick.typepad.com/.a/6...e3d1970b-800wi
Yr5: We were happy in our new house but a promotion means a re-location for Greg and therefore all of us, his work takes us to Syracuse, New York, to a new house: http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumbla...1167dSjc6D.jpg
Yr6: While walking Nell and Jem one day we come across an abandoned puppy tied to a fence, after a once over by the vet I persuade Greg to adopt the Siberian husky female. I name her Henrietta.
Yr7: I get pregnant! After all this time Greg and I never thought it would happen. But after nine months we are rewarded with a gorgeous girl; we name her Kate Caroline.
Yr8: Although being a parent is a fun full-time job, I couldn't help popping into the dog shelter for just a quick look. Greg isn't impressed when I fall for a shih Tzu. He insist on naming her and chooses Lulu.
Yr9: Kate finds the dogs all a bit too big to play with, so I persuade Greg into letting us adopt a kitten for Kate to be friends with. He reluctantly agrees and at a local shelter our daughter picks out a male ginger moggy that she names Simba.
Yr10: Unable to conceive again, and wanting to give Kate a sibling, Greg and I look into adoption and are matched with an eighteen month old boy who is called Roman Beckett. Six months later we finally welcome him to the family.
~The Pitter Family =
Freya (37) and Greg (34) with: Kate (3), Roman (2); Nell (9), Jem (8), Etta (4), Lulu (2) and Simba (2).Hakuna Matata * Ohana
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September 1st, 2013 11:30 AM #112
My name is Jaycie Mai Hatton, and in 2014, at the age of 21, I married my teenage sweetheart Nathan Thomas Bowen, who was also 21.
Year1: Our first house that we by together is grand thanks to loans from both of our parents: http://garden-chick.typepad.com/.a/6...e3d1970b-800wi
Year2: Work is hard to find for both of us, so reluctantly we move to Syracuse, New York in the search of some. The sale of our first house allows us to buy a nice second: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3408/3...d37_z.jpg?zz=1
Year3: After finding jobs in Syracuse, Nate and I feel that we are ready to start a family, at the twelve week scan we are informed I'm carrying identical twins. Later we find out that we are having sons; we name the boys Tobias Henry and Sebastian Keith.
Year4: Our opposite neighbour - whom we have become very friendly with - confides in us that her teenage daughter is pregnant but is looking to adopt it because they are moving abroad. Nate and I talk about it that night and agree to offer our home, our neighbour and her daughter are grateful as they know that we will take care of the baby. The young girl has a daughter who we take right away and name Rose Nicola.
Year5: Nate and I decide it's time for a change, and move house (again!) http://wrensnest.org/blog/wp-content...e-pics-136.jpg
Year6: Another move for us when our twins can't settle in the area: http://garden-chick.typepad.com/.a/6...e3d1970b-800wi
Year7: Nate and I thought twins were a shock blessing, imagine our surprise when doctors inform us I'm carrying triplets! The babies are born prematurely but are healthy and are allowed out of hospital after just ten days. We name them: Jeremy James, Arthur Andrew and Matilda Mary.
Year8: With the birth of the triplets the house suddenly became smaller, so - of course - another move was in order: http://www.theeasywaytomakemoney.co.uk/big_house1.jpg
Year9: Although I have three two years toddling around, Nate and I conceive again and deliver a beautiful boy; we name him Phoenix George.
Year10: Tobias and Seb arrive home one day with a project from school, they are studying to climate of Australia and as their project progresses and I help them out with it I realise that my sons might be onto something. I talk to Nate and less than twelve months later we have moved our entire family half way across the world to a beautiful house in Sydney, Australia: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pyHKRYYuJU..._big_000-2.jpg
~"The Bowen Family =
Jay (36) and Nate (33) with: Tobias (7), Seb (7), Rose (6), Jem (3), Arthur (3), Mattie (3), and Phoenix (1)."Hakuna Matata * Ohana
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First, name the couple and decide on their year of marriage. Next, roll the dice for each year to find out what happens to your couple over the course of ten years. Write your own story as you play the game.
DW's name: Heath Robert Honeycutt
DH's name: Jena Elise Honeycutt
Year of marriage: 2014
2014: A few months after the wedding, we decide to adopt a German Shepard puppy. We name him Rocko. [ http://goo.gl/GR2oi ].
2015: I get pregnant. With triplets! On June 6, I give birth to two boys and one girl. We name them Bennett Thomas, Foster Jacob and Harper Genevieve.
2016: We quickly realize that we have outgrown our small house, and have to find someplace bigger. We find the perfect house [ http://garden-chick.typepad.com/.a/6...e3d1970b-800wi ]and move in just in time for the babies' first birthday.
2017: We decide to renovate the kids' bedrooms. We decorate Ben's with a surfer theme [ http://www.potterybarnkids.com/room/...romboytlbenv/? ]. Foster wants a pirate theme [ http://www.digsdigs.com/photos/Cool-...me-ideas-2.jpg ], and Harper wants a flower theme [ http://cdn.decoist.com/wp-content/up...irls-rooms.jpg ].
2018: On October 12, I give birth to another baby boy. He looks just like Heath, so we name him Aaron Heath.
2019: Since Harper is the only girl, we decide to get her her own pet. We adopt a kitten for her, and she decides to name it Charlie. [ http://goo.gl/1NNTjl ].
2020: On April 24, I give birth to two more baby boys. We name them Lucas Chase and Dylan Blake.
2021: It isn't long before I'm pregnant again. On August 20, I give birth to Wesley James.
2022: Heath gets transferred across the country to Richmond, VA. We move into a gorgeous 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom house. [ http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3408/3...d37_z.jpg?zz=1 ].
2023: I guess moving across the country was our good luck charm, because I finally give Harper the little sister she always wanted, twice! On February 8, I give birth to twin girls we name Lorelei Quinn "Rory" and Julia Caroline.
2024: Just 8 months after the girls are born, we find out we're pregnant again, and on July 2, I give birth to another little girl we name Norah Erin.


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|Blood tests used to determine your blood type (A, B, AB, or O), and whether you are Rh positive (your blood has the Rh antigen) or Rh negative (your blood lacks the Rh antigen); if your blood type and Rh status are incompatible with your baby's, you may need special care during pregnancy
|Hematocrit and hemoglobin
|Blood tests that check for anemia
|A blood test that checks for the sexually transmitted disease (STD), syphilis, which can be treated so that it will not be transmitted to your baby
|A blood test to see if you have had rubella (German measles) or a rubella vaccination; if you have not, you will be advised to avoid being exposed to the disease while pregnant
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|A blood test to determine if you have hepatitis B, a viral disease that infects the liver; it can be treated with medications, which must also be given to your baby, along with a vaccine, after birth
|Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
|A blood test to determine if you have been infected with the HIV virus, which causes AIDS; if you have, you will be given medications during pregnancy to reduce the risk that you will pass the infection on to your baby. This test is valuable because of the power of medications to protect the baby.
|Urine tests
|A laboratory test to check the levels of sugar and protein in your urine, which can help identify gestational diabetes and preeclampsia; urine tests can also check for bladder and kidney infections
|Cervical tests
|A Pap test to check for precancerous cells in your cervix, and swabs to test for the STDs gonorrhea and chlamydia .
|Multiple marker screening
|The multiple marker screening measures the levels of the hormones estriol, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), in your blood. Abnormal results can indicate an increased risk of some chromosomal abnormalities. A fourth test, PAPP-A (pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A), is sometimes added to multiple marker screening to improve the ability to detect abnormalities in the fetus (Quad Screen).
|An imaging test that uses sound waves to view your fetus; ultrasounds can help determine the age and sex of the fetus and/or confirm a diagnosis
|Other tests
|Other tests that may be performed include testing the amniotic fluid, examining cells from the placenta, testing your fetus' genetics, screening for diabetes, and testing for tuberculosis
Parmet S, Lynn C, et al. Prenatal Care. JAMA. 2004;291(1):146.
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Prenatal testing. American Pregnancy Association website. Available at: http://www.americanpregnancy.org/prenataltesting. Accessed March 18, 2014.
Prenatal tests. Kids Health—Nemours Foundation website. Available at: http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/medical/prenatal%5Ftests.html. Updated June 2013. Accessed March 18, 2014.
Routine tests in pregnancy. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists website. Available at: http://www.acog.org/~/media/For%20Patients/faq133.pdf?dmc=1&ts=20121227T1019449259. Published January 2014. Accessed March 18, 2014.
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Windhoek — The 8 percent salary increase for civil servants, together with the transport allowance, would make little impact on the salary of a teacher with a three-year diploma. This is the view of one teacher, Mildred Ford.
This would add N$404,40 to the N$5 055 monthly salary, and the transport allowance of N$400 translates in a total increase of about N$800, Ford told New Era over the weekend.
Ford felt compelled to give a detailed breakdown of teachers' actual salary structure, for the public to understand the rationale behind the demand of a 40 percent increment, which she says "will not even make a significant difference compared to the current cost of living".
Ford says a 40 percent increment would at the very least increase the basic salary by N$2 022 to N$7 022, as opposed to the 8 percent increase, which adds a mere N$404 to the salary.
A 40 percent increment together with transport allowance would push up the salary to N$7422. "We are not greedy teachers, we are responsible professionals. Our profession is a specialised one and cannot be put on the same level as other civil servants' professions. The value of our work cannot be compared to other professionals in the public sector. Every person has to pass through the hands of a teacher," said Ford.
At the moment there is a great deal of confusion and uncertainty among teachers regarding the strike as divisions start to manifest among them over whether or not to continue the illegal strike.
Those who intend to stick to their guns and to continue the protest until all their demands are met risk inevitable confrontation with the law sooner or later. Teachers are no longer speaking with one voice with some vowing to continue with the illegal strike, while others have resumed their duties.
The government negotiating team and the Namibia National Teachers Union (Nantu) and the Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) last week agreed on an 8 percent salary increase and other benefits for all public servants.
In addition to the 8 percent salary increase, public servants also scored a 100 percent increase in their housing allowance, as well as improved transport and medical aid benefits. However, teachers have roundly denounced the agreement.
"By reviewing the calculations, I trust that the public would perhaps now agree that a salary increment of 40 percent does not even meet our needs, taking into account the cost of water, electricity, just to mention but a few items and worst of all, to afford a basic necessity, a house," Ford said, adding that the remuneration "we are currently receiving does not justify our worth."


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The US will slash its stockpile of nuclear weapons by nearly half over the next eight years, the US Department of Energy has pledged.
Reductions to the nuclear stockpile would leave the US with "the smallest nuclear-weapons stockpile we've had in several decades", said Linton Brooks, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, on Thursday. He would not discuss exact numbers, but told the New York Times: "The numbers I'm prepared to use are 'almost in half'."
The move is in addition to the existing pledge made by US President George W Bush under the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty in November 2001. Also known as the Moscow Treaty, this commits both the US and Russia to cut the number of "operationally deployed" warheads to between 1700 and 2200 by 2012. This will mean a cut of two-thirds for the US.
However, the real extent of the nuclear weapons reduction is difficult to gauge as weapons are classified in a number of ways. Reducing the number of operationally deployed warheads could mean reclassifying them as reserve weapons, dismantling them and storing the components, or less likely actually destroying them.
"It's certainly a welcome step," says Matt Martin, deputy director of the British American Security Information Council, in Washington DC. "Any time the US administration announces it's going to be making a reduction is a step forward - it's better than doing nothing."
But he points out that there are many questions yet to be answered about the plan, which was sent to Congress in a classified report on Tuesday.
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"The first question is whether this is going to lead to an actual reduction in the US stockpile. I'm not sure that's absolutely the case," he told New Scientist. "The counting methods are so obscure, it's difficult to say exactly what the implications are going to be."
The nuclear stockpile can be divided into active and inactive weapons. Active weapons included operationally deployed warheads - which are attached to a delivery system such as a missile and are ready to use - as well as warheads separated from the delivery vehicles in "hedges". Inactive weapons can have their crucial components removed and stored.
Another question, says Martin, is the international context in which the US will keep this new pledge. Storing nuclear materials in countries like the US or UK does not pose a large security risk in terms of terrorists, he says, but this is not the case for Russia.
"The whole point of the treaties enacted throughout the Cold War period was that there was a reciprocal arrangement between the US and Russia, which had the great benefit of reducing Russia's stockpile," says Martin. He says the US would be better to use any willingness to give up nuclear arms as leverage to persuade Russia to do the same.
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Martin also points out that eight years is long enough for the Bush administration to push ahead with plans for creating new nuclear weapons or modifying old ones.
The current large and massively destructive weapons are not considered to be particularly useful in today's climate, he says, and projects for creating "mini-nukes" have been touted. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted not to remove a clause in a defense bill that provides funding for research on nuclear "bunker busters".
Brooks' covering letter to Congress also highlights that: "In recommending this stockpile plan to the President, we recognise that maintaining the nation's nuclear deterrence with a much smaller stockpile means that we must continue administration efforts to restore the nuclear weapons infrastructure."
This includes plan to build a new bomb plant. This Modern Pit Facility would manufacture the "pits" which form the central core of plutonium weapons.
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