Live Life With Passion

To live life to the full is to make a choice to seize the moment- every single moment. There is not all that much skill involved in simply being alive- all you have to do is keep breathing. However, there is an enormous difference between just existing, and being fully, joyfully, consciously alive. To simply go through life on auto-pilot is not really living, it is only not dying, but to live with passion is to really accept and embrace the precious gift of being alive.

To live all your life with passion, allows you to experience everything that this amazing world has to offer. Don’t go through life starving, when there is a feast beyond imagination right in front of you.

Here are some things that you can do to increase your ability to live your life with abundance and fulfillment.

1. Take chances

2. Take the challenge

3. Look for the miracles

4. Look for the lessons

5. Try everything (so long as it is in agreement with your highest values)

6. Decide to live with no regret

7. Don’t be held back by fear- be willing to take a leap of faith

8. Don’t be held back by social conditioning, negative beliefs, or other people’s expectations

9. Dream big

10. Take action

11. Be gentle with yourself and others

12. Give freely without expectations

13. Follow your heart

14. Trust your intuition

15. Focus on what's right rather than what's wrong. Declare that 'life is going my way'

16. Appreciate the blessings and gain strength and courage from the challenges

17. Don’t waste time and energy on things that really don’t matter

18. Don’t feel guilty about spending time on things you love

19. Explore your passions and discover new ones

20. Explore the world

21. Explore the rich territory of your inner being

22. Seek knowledge and understanding

23. Don’t hold back- emotionally or physically

24. Be daring

25. Let yourself just be

26. Open your heart and your mind

27. Be open to possibilities

28. Choose to be happy- say I love my life and mean it!

29. Choose to be thankful

30. Trust your strength and wisdom

31. Commit to ridding yourself of things that hold you back

32. Laugh and cry- allow yourself to fully feel your feelings

33. Be fully present in every moment

34. Be open to receiving the gifts that are offered; by the universe and by other people

35. Stop seeking approval from others and create it within yourself

Once you have decided that you will not spend your life just going through the motions, it needs an ongoing commitment to develop your ability to live life with gusto. It also takes frequent reminders, and constant awareness. However, once you have tried truly living your life, you will no more be willing or able to go back to merely existing, than to fly to the moon. However challenging it may be, the only worthwhile way to live life is with passion.

As Helen Keller said, “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” Choose to make your life a daring adventure.