Passion is the great engine of human enginuity. Monuments, art, books, the sheer act of creation; everything worth experiencing was developed through passion. When it is kept in check, passion is the supreme motivator of life. The wise and the informed harness it beautifully, like sparks in a combustion chamber. But when it is abused, done in access, pursued to the limits of endurance, the flames get fanned and it escapes like wildfire. The foolish and the ignorant are slaves to their passions, always eager to satisfy them, never able to say no. For it is only when we are able to turn away that we are able to transform a passion into something inspirational; something we can't let go of that screams inside us, yearning to get out. It becomes an uncontainable call to action, and only the aware can do something productive with it. An ignorant call to action is terribly destructive; an aware call to action is highly persuasive, admirable, a sermon for the soul.
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