Three Passions
Three Passions in My Life-
Passion is that feeling of your throat closing as tears fill your eyes,
blurring your vision. Passion is pain, love, tenderness, joy, sadness and
loss. My passions are life, love and laughter. Passion is the sound of
life. Life is music, a soundtrack interwoven that plays on and on. The
rhythm begins in your mother's womb as cells join together and begin to
beat. It plays throughout until the chorus winds down and the final note
sounds. Life is a joyful song of innocence. A dance of freedom. A lullaby
and a Christmas carol. The sound of children, trying loudly not to wake
their parents on Christmas morning, of siblings in a verbal disagreement.
The telephone ring, the school bell chime, a fire alarm, the sirens of
emergency vehicles, a drum roll and the cry of a newborn. Happy Birthday,
Auld Lang Syne, Pomp and Circumstance, The Wedding March. The rhythm as
breath follows breath. A haunting melody of times gone by, of promises
broken and tears shed. A soothing piece of love and healing and personal
growth. The song winds down, the grand finale, a funeral dirge. The music
stops.
Passion is love. Love is touch and feeling. Placing your hand on your
child's fevered brow and feeling your mother's hand on yours, and your
grandmother's hand on hers, and so on and so on. Touching your spouse's
hand at the altar and feeling God weld your life and souls together. Love
is spring fever, being twitterpaited, and spine tingling, toe curling sex.
Touching your newborn for the first time. A child creeping into your bed in
the darkness, and snuggling against you. Your lover's arms sliding around
you and pulling you close. Ministering, healing hands on your body when you
are very ill. A back rub easing away all the tension of a long day. Love is
the touch of someone who shares your loss and grief, as you stand beside an
open grave and contemplate an empty future.
Passion is laughter and laughter is freedom. Laughter is joy and wonder and
the sweet healing power of humor. Laughter makes life bearable. It's
looking at someone you know so well you have the same thought and burst out
laughing. Adult innuendo in children's cartoons. A joke that breaks the ice
or relieves the stress in a bad situation. Movies that make you laugh until
you cry. A really great stand up comic. Freedom of knowing who you are and
loving what you do. Being willing and able to express your own opinion.
Being able to really laugh at yourself. Faith that there is a dawn after
the darkness and that tomorrow will always be a better day.
I believe that a loving God made us passionate creatures. He gave us life
and the ability to love, then gently poured laughter over it all.