Passion

Everyone has a passion. Everyone's got that one thing (or maybe several) that makes them light up and positively glow when they talk about it.

For me?

I'm passionate about acting.

I may not know much, but I feel a lot, and I'm passionate about discussing characters, places, dialogue, whatever.

I'm passionate about writing.

I may not write very well, but I do enjoy it and I do like discussing what a certain person may or may not have been feeling when he or she wrote a piece.

And I do like it when someone tells me that they like what I write, because to me that means that something I wrote touched someone. Made them feel or think. Triggered a reaction.

I'm an artist, though not a very good one. I don't draw or dance or sing or paint.

I write.

And I tell stories.

People fascinate me because I find myself creating stories for them, wondering what their past could have been like or how their future could turn out to be. In my mind, I put them in different places and situations and imagine how a certain scene could play out. I like watching people because I like to observe how they move, how they talk, how they look. And it all contributes to characters I create in my mind.

I love listening to people sharing their thoughts and feelings with me. I love listening to them talk about their hopes, dreams, fears, worries. Because to me it's like they're telling me stories, their stories, and I'm only too happy to listen because I feel honoured that they're sharing their stories with me.

And when I see that shine in their eyes, when I see them light up just a little bit when they tell me something that's important to them...

That's beautiful.

I'm not a happy person by nature, but this makes me happy.

I mean it.

Even if you're passionate about something like interior design, I'll gladly listen.

And I'll want to know more.

Because no matter how boring or mundane something may seem, it'll never be boring or mundane as long as someone who's passionate about it is talking about it.

Know what I mean?

That's why Charlie both fascinates and frustrates me.

I don't know what he's passionate about.

And I don't believe that he's not passionate about anything.

I mean, everyone's got to have a passion.

I'm curious.