Dear Ben:

Still a sense of humor though (in last hiccup post).

I don’t think it is a good idea to look for a Replacement Passion. I think that what you lost, the death you need to grieve, is not only losing the specific dream you had since you were so young but dreaming in itself, dreaming of the one thing that will put you on top of the world, the “happily ever after” existence you envisioned for yourself.

I don’t think looking for a replacement passion is going to work for you because you are too devastated for the loss of the First and Only, so far. How can you trust such a passion again?

A different kind of passion will work for you. This is your opportunity to find and exercise a different kind of passion, one that most people don’t get to experience:

Once you give up and let go of that passion, you are left with the part of you that is not the artist you identified so completely with. What is left? What is there other than Ben-the Artist?

Wel, this is it: finding that out could be the passion that will never let you down.

Pay attention, be mindful, develop this skill of paying attention- it will blow your mind away with what you will find out. I am sure of it.

I found my passion, late in life and it is not professional or income producing, yet it is a passion that keeps me curious about living- keeps me going. I would be glad to share on another post to you, if you are interested. But I am not inclined to do so right here and right now.

Post again, if you’d like.

anita