We All Want to Play a Part

I was walking to my table in O'Henry's on my way back from my car to grab my bag and I saw a group of four people sitting at a table together. They had the table full of papers, books, computers, elbows and coffee cups run dry. That type of interaction got me thinking. I want to be a part of something big. At some point in everyone's life they feel a desire to be something bigger than themselves. I am totally convinced of this. This ties in a lot to a few of the other posts in the fact that the 'something bigger' for everyone should hit on their passion and that every 'something bigger' has a hedgehog concept.

This idea begs a little bit of clarification on my part. I know that we are already a part of something bigger. God gives His children a passion for Him but there is something that while we are here on earth He gives us so that we can pour ourselves into it. For some it's sports, for some it's politics, others have books to write or want to help the homeless. All of those things have singular points that those people are focusing all of their attention onto. It's like a magnifying glass on an anthill, the beam of light is focused and hot and consuming. I mentioned a while ago that I am a renaissance man of mediocrity, good at a lot of things, not great at anything; I want that to change. A big problem is that I can write about this stuff all day long and never get anywhere. I can discuss methods of reducing poverty, but I am rarely willing to help someone in need. So how does one really put all of their umph into something? I've never done that so I don't know. That's what amazes me about the CEOs in the Good to Great book. At one company, after the CEO and other executives retired, they still held offices at the company because they loved what they did so much and they had put all of their lives into it. Who doesn't want to be involved in something that they never want to get out of? The problem with that it, how do you find it? Do you pick and choose out of a variety of things? Will my passion fall into my lap? Do I have to seek it out? The answer is probably the latter. Hopefully I can come up with a satisfactory answer to this. My next post is going to be on the question 'why?' The answer to that, however deep I decide to go, will probably show me what my passion is. I think that will be a fun topic, so keep on reading. Thanks for taking the time today and have a wonderful night.