<p>how are people passionate about some ECs? I don't mean your sports or what not, but like their volunteer work. if it's science based, or language based, i can understand it (like research or writing a novels, blogging etc.)</p>
<p>but how can people be passionate about volunteering at the library, soup kitchens, etc. where you just repeat a mindless task over and over again?
i mean it's just boring (or at least to me)
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<p>You’re helping other people. Is that not the activity that evokes the most dedication and interest from a person?</p>
<p>Because it’s more than just helping someone? Working at a soup kitchen, you’re providing food for people who can’t get it and a temporary place to stay (especially out of the rain/snow). You’re giving YOUR time to do something that helps other people. Yeah, volunteering at a library may seem dull and boring, but there are moments that can make up for it. Giving a child his first book to read- you’re helping someone learn, discover, and improve their reading skills. Helping someone find a book- you’re helping someone research, learn more, etc. These things are what people write their personal statements so obviously there ARE people who are passionate about it. It’s more than just volunteering, you’re communicating, building relationships, meeting new people, and doing something that benefits other people.</p>
<p>mmk, was hoping for something else than cliche but whatever haha
guess that’s what separates us normal from them top</p>
<p>Sometimes in life we fall down, some get up some don’t. For those that don’t, we keep falling and falling into a dark void. Life seems empty, life doesn’t seem worth living for. But then you find a light, a small one at first. You’ve never felt anything like it before, you don’t know why but it makes life worth living, it fills you with happiness. You fight to protect that light, you work to make it bigger and brighter. And soon, that dark void is no longer dark, but bright and vivid, filled with joy and happy memories.</p>
<p>This is what passion is, finding something that makes life worth living.</p>
<p>Passion isn’t about making others happy, that is just a bonus. Passion is what makes you happy.</p>
<p>So to answer your question about how people can feel passionate about volunteering and doing tasks over and over again. To those people this is their light, they do it over and over because they don’t want that light to go away. Because they remember how the dark felt, and they don’t want to go back.</p>
<p>We all have different lights. Some find it later than others. Some don’t find it at all. They stay falling in the dark until they hit that cold, hard bottom.</p>
<p>The great Martin Luther King Jr., once said:</p>
<p>Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve… You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.</p>
<p>Come do FOREX with me. It gets really interesting when you get used to it</p>
<p>If you have to ask how people can be passionate, then it shows that you’re not passionate about it, which means that it isn’t for you.</p>
<p>OP: Maybe you can identify a need, then envision a project to meet that need in some way. Get the appropriate people to support the project, plan it, then execute it. Some people express their passion that way. Think of Eagle Scout and Girl Scout Gold Award projects. Of course perhaps the most difficult thing is to identify what it is that would spark your imagination! But planning and executing a project or series of projects does not involve “boring repetition”. It could involve throwing a dance party to raise money for a worthy cause.</p>
<p>I really enjoy serving food at a soup kitchen because I enjoy talking to the people. I’ve found that, perhaps more often than one would expect, they have really interesting stories. For example, I once met a former major league pitcher. The people you talk to are always grateful to ave someone who will listen. Like anyone else, they want to share their experience and most of them want to offer you advice. They’re always so candid when talking with people. Almost all of them urge students not to do drugs so we don’t end up like them.</p>