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What are Passions?

If you look in the dictionary, or on wikipedia, passions are described as everything from a strong emotional state, to anger, greed, lust, or other deadly sins.  Though these my be historically accurate, on Graduated And Clueless we want to focus on the strong, positive emotions that get you excited about life.  REALLY EXCITED!  In my own life, passion is something that I stumble upon, something usually unexpected, and surprisingly amazing.  For example, I am an avid runner.  I love long distance running, especially marathons.  This passion of mine was not something I was born with or had beaten into me by a track coach.  Though I did run track and play soccer for many years, it wasn’t until I started running on my own during college that I discovered my love for the sport.  I began running because I was fat.  Not super obese, but definitely out of shape and in need of a total body makeover.  I started running a half a mile per day, monday through friday.  I then increased my distance by a half a mile per day, every week.  Within a few weeks I was running 4-5 miles a day and getting in really great shape.  When I ran my first 6-mile run, I was hooked.  For some reason, that initial 6-miler turned me on to running like nothing else before it.  I didn’t see it coming, and I never expected to turn that experience into a marathon the very next year.  My passion was born.

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