TxZen
11-17-15, 11:38pm
The thread on money had me thinking...
I wanted to start a positive thread on people, whether ourselves or someone we know, who are living their passion, and not tied to money.
I will start!!!:)
I have a friend who is 38 and a full time yoga instructor. She started 10 years ago. She has always worked in the health and wellness field- either at a store, gyms, farmer's market, etc and she still works some hours at the farmer's market. She was married, now divorced with 1 child. She just purchased her first home, a definite fixer upper but she loves it. She has such a sweet, laid back soul and I love being around her energy. Just today, she told me she went thrifting while she was downtown for an appointment and found 2 linen dresses. She was so excited about finding these beauties. We had a deep talk about life, stuff, money, etc today. An hour lunch turned into 3 hours of discussion. :) LOVE when these things happen. What I did not know was that she got married at 22, divorced at 29, with a new baby. She had the dream she THOUGHT she wanted--big house, cars, money, etc..and she admits she put pressure on her husband to earn the money to give her that dream. When she was 28, she went through a health scare that put her in the hospital for 9 weeks straight. After she came out, she said she did not recognize her life. The house was too big, she hated the designer bags and trying to one up her "friends" with her stuff, lifestyle. She overhauled her life- food, physical, mental, emotional, material, etc...and found her husband, although he complained about their lifestyle, he really liked one upping his friends. She was emotionally detached at that point and bam..found herself pregnant. She requested a divorce 2 weeks after finding out she was pregnant and was at ease with it. She said she lost just about all of her "friends" and her family, while they say they understood, really didn't. But it didn't bother her. She moved into an apartment and kept all things simple and just what she and her future daughter needed.
Her biggest AHA was realizing it's her life, and she was and is at peace where she was. Can you imagine having peace for 10 years and counting??? TRUE PEACE!!!!
And she gets asked ALL the time about being a yoga instructor and making a living. Her answer is simple- if you have passion, you will do it. Most people, she says, are not willing to change their lifestyle or give up "things" but she never has looked at things as what makes life go around. Her peace has led her to teaching at the local schools (how we met) and she is now a local model of sorts (because her body just rocks..oh yes..I checked her out LOL) She is such an inspiration!!!
She has made me start to think differently about my passion in life everyday and letting the crap, on all levels, just go. My biggest take away was she said just be what you want and it will reflect and be true. I totally get that now..
Anyone want to share a nice passion story?
I wanted to start a positive thread on people, whether ourselves or someone we know, who are living their passion, and not tied to money.
I will start!!!:)
I have a friend who is 38 and a full time yoga instructor. She started 10 years ago. She has always worked in the health and wellness field- either at a store, gyms, farmer's market, etc and she still works some hours at the farmer's market. She was married, now divorced with 1 child. She just purchased her first home, a definite fixer upper but she loves it. She has such a sweet, laid back soul and I love being around her energy. Just today, she told me she went thrifting while she was downtown for an appointment and found 2 linen dresses. She was so excited about finding these beauties. We had a deep talk about life, stuff, money, etc today. An hour lunch turned into 3 hours of discussion. :) LOVE when these things happen. What I did not know was that she got married at 22, divorced at 29, with a new baby. She had the dream she THOUGHT she wanted--big house, cars, money, etc..and she admits she put pressure on her husband to earn the money to give her that dream. When she was 28, she went through a health scare that put her in the hospital for 9 weeks straight. After she came out, she said she did not recognize her life. The house was too big, she hated the designer bags and trying to one up her "friends" with her stuff, lifestyle. She overhauled her life- food, physical, mental, emotional, material, etc...and found her husband, although he complained about their lifestyle, he really liked one upping his friends. She was emotionally detached at that point and bam..found herself pregnant. She requested a divorce 2 weeks after finding out she was pregnant and was at ease with it. She said she lost just about all of her "friends" and her family, while they say they understood, really didn't. But it didn't bother her. She moved into an apartment and kept all things simple and just what she and her future daughter needed.
Her biggest AHA was realizing it's her life, and she was and is at peace where she was. Can you imagine having peace for 10 years and counting??? TRUE PEACE!!!!
And she gets asked ALL the time about being a yoga instructor and making a living. Her answer is simple- if you have passion, you will do it. Most people, she says, are not willing to change their lifestyle or give up "things" but she never has looked at things as what makes life go around. Her peace has led her to teaching at the local schools (how we met) and she is now a local model of sorts (because her body just rocks..oh yes..I checked her out LOL) She is such an inspiration!!!
She has made me start to think differently about my passion in life everyday and letting the crap, on all levels, just go. My biggest take away was she said just be what you want and it will reflect and be true. I totally get that now..
Anyone want to share a nice passion story?