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-Being fruitful is doing what you love,


“Seems like everybody's got a price,
I wonder how they sleep at night.
When the sale comes first,
And the truth comes second,
Just stop for a minute and
Smile

Why is everybody so serious?
Acting so damn mysterious?
Got your shades on your eyes
And your heels so high
That you can't even have a good time
It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance,
Forget about the price tag
Ain't about the (uh) Cha-Ching Cha-Ching
Ain't about the (yeah) Ba-Bling Ba-Bling
Wanna make the world dance,
Forget about the price tag.
“You can't put a price on a life
We do this for the love
So we fight and sacrifice
Every night
So we ain't gonna stumble and fall
Never
Waiting to see a sign of defeat
Uh uh
So we gonna keep everyone
Moving their feet
So bring back the beat
And then everyone sing

It's not about the money”

·         ”PRICE TAG” by Jessie J feat B.O.B
The holiday season is over ,and though am thankful for each and every second that has passed being in a festive mood,its hard getting back to the reality of routine and the serious stuff in life.Being human,I gotta  lazy side too, but being human also makes me reason,so I started to look for ANYTHING   motivational that could give me a reality check on how best to make my life worth living without the festivities .It  gets boring when you think about the responsibilities you have and the goals you have set out when  you still got the” party and live like it’s the end of the world” mood .Especially with the cliché  of “new year’s resolutions” .
            


So I started pocking around and googling motivational quotes and speeches just for me to get back on track .Then I got hold of a speech made by Randy Pausch that gave me the push  that I clearly needed.In his speech,was one thing that made me think twice,nope scratch that,it made me think thrice and then fourth and finally made me write this.It was all about PASSION!!!And am not talking about any other passion other than the one that drives you completely mad with a belief in something you love and that can only be found from within.The kind that forgets about everything else”its not about the money”  and keeps true to what it is.
Passion drives us,passion strengthens our capabilities and passion builds us.We can do something without having a passion for it,but  that  which is done without passion is simply BORING!!!



So I thought deep and hard about this and came to the conclusion that the only time we will ever be fruitful in life is when we take up something that we are passionately in love with.And this passionate love can only  be known when we have a sense of fulfillment with that which we have passion for.Okay ,I know I sound a bit like a shrink who’s just playing with the word ‘passion’ but think it through slowly.Better yet simplify it with Jessie J and B.O.B. “PRICE TAG”.

When all you want to do is sing,nothing else….its passion
When all you want to do is dance,nothing else…its passion
When all you want to do is kick a ball,nothing else..its passion
When all you want to do is shoot some hoops,nothing else..its passion
When all you want to do is cut up pieces of cloth,nothing else…its passion

All the above drive us to one common thing: a life of doing what we want and being happy and fulfilled with just one thing.Think about the above with this perspective in mind...,…a voice that gives you shivers like Celine Dione,shaking what your mama gave you like JLo ,bending it like Beckham, jumping to the skies like Jordan and having everyone wear the pieces of cloth you cut and having your name on them Yves St.Laurent.


You might think its selfish,I mean ,why should you do what you want regardless of what others want???Good question…..simple answer,the passion is from within ,created by your Creator and He alone planted it in there for the purpose of serving others.Think about it closely,we love celebrities cause of all the talent they got simply by doing what they love and were born with, and we put on designer clothes just because they make clothes that are to die for.All these become  selfless”we just wanna make the world dance,forget about the price tag” when we do it with passion.
So HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!HAPPY PASSIONATE NEW YEAR!!!2O12,its all about the passion.

                              
Location: Kigali, Rwanda

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