Get some Passion

Ok, so the last few days I've watched this video with Gary Vaynerchuck.  I had never heard of him before...but he blew me away!  The video is about 15 minutes, but once you start watching you can't stop!  He talks about two things in this video, Patience and Passion.  This is one extremely passionate man! He goes on to say that if you are 1% unhappy, it's time to get out and do something you are passionate about.  Even if that something makes less money, if you are going to be happier then it's worth it to get out.

This concept of happiness while at work has always been something big for me.  I've talked to lots of people that hate their jobs, and simply bitch about them nonstop.  I have always said to them, if your not happy with what you are doing, find something else!  Find what your passion is and go for it!  Another thing Gary addresses is a question from someone who asks, "What about getting enough money to do something?"  Gary just kind of laughs and tells the guy that even if your working 9 to 5, you come home spend some time with the family, kiss the dog, and work from 7pm-2am.  Doesn't this make sense?  If you are passionate about something wouldn't you just work on it all the time?  Put effort into it? Have a drive to succeed in it?  That's what I think.  

Another thing that I thought of while I watched this video was that we need more Christians like this.  When did we lose our passion for Christ?  Now we wuss around the topic of God and religion, we sidestep those conversations, we say do whatever you want!  I know where I'm going!  When did we become such wimps? And if your thinking right now, "I can't believe he's saying this about Christians!" Then get your head out of the sand and look around you.  I'm not proud to say, but I do it sometimes, and I'll admit sometimes I need to get some balls and address some of these things head on.  But there are many people that do this, and it shows a lack of passion, a lack of love, a lack of trust in God.  We lack a holy rage to being outspoken towards God. Think about it.  And while your thinking, read this qoute by a dude named Kaj Munk...oh and watch the video!
"What is, therefore, the task of the preacher (or the church) today?  Shall I answer: "Faith, hope and love?" That sounds beautiful.  But I would say - Courage.  No, even that is not challenging enough to be the whole truth.  Our task today is recklessness.  For what we Christians lack is not psychology or literature, we lack a holy rage."
-Kaj Munk