Passions

This morning in church, our pastor talked about the different things that we are passionate about. Immediately, this made me think of a conversation that I had with a professor of mine. We were trying to figure out what I should study in graduate school, and we were listing off the different things that I am interested in. Honestly, this process was rather humorous. I think that this professor was surprised by the randomness of my list. After a while, she came up with a few different things. At the end, she said, "I didn't really know where to fit in your love for running, so you will just have to do that for fun!". It made me laugh at the time, but after this morning's sermon, I see it differently. Running is probably one of my favorite things to do. It definitely is something that I am super passionate about. So why can't I incorporate that into my future career? Who knows what my future career is going to be, but I already see myself incorporating it into my work now. I run an anti-tobacco program at work, and we are working on setting up a 5K to benefit the American Cancer Society. I am beyond excited to be able to incorporate my passion for running into my current work. Moral of the story: no matter how random your passion may seem, there are still going to be ways for you to pursue it :-)