Finding passion? I don’t know if you actually “find” it so much as it is introduced to you in some way.
For all my time in school, I really don’t have much in the line of passion for my studies. They interest me, that’s for sure, but I’m not so much passionate about the specific material as I am about the pursuit of knowledge in general.
Moving slightly away from passions, I would say that there are only 3 truths (real concepts) in the world: compassion, mastery, and irony. Compassion is fairly self explanatory (feeling for and with others) as is Mastery (owning/having a tool or skill and understanding it in such a way as to make quality results from it). Irony, perhaps the most interesting, is seeing that there can be an absence of either (or both) of the other two. With that philosophy laid out, I find the world can at least be divided into fairly neat realms that interact with each other. This also allows for a small number of fields to focus on for betterment.
Or, as seems to be the case for me, a chance to look at the matters worth laughing at. The world seems passionless, but there are compassionate people out there, just as there are frauds, masters and jesters. The trick, I would be led to believe, is to see the humor in it all. Listen to some George Carlin, should you find the chance. I find that it puts everything into perspective.
I’m sure your passion is out there, TyT, and I’m sure it will be found. Until then, enjoy where you are in life. I’m sure there is too much which you wish to see/know/enjoy. I don’t think the passion matters—you have some human duty to advance life for people (as a whole). It doesn’t need to be through some scholarly endeavor, but rather through your experiences; you should have some array of them you could talk about if someone asked.
I’m not sure if this actually answers anything, TyT, but perhaps it gives some insight?
Also, early hours rants are a good thing to have happen every now and again.
