“If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion,” Oprah.  Just when I thought I was done talking about desire, this little gem pops up.  I think this is a great reminder and a nudge from the universe to remember that it’s up to us to figure out our passion and then build it up and to focus it into results.  I mentioned in the piece two days ago that desire can easily transform into fixation and this is where I want to explain that a bit more.  We don’t want desire to become fixated because then we are locked into a specific way to a specific result and we will repeat the same action over and over again until we see that result—and often times we won’t see it or it will take us longer than we ever would have thought.  What we are actually looking for is to turn desire into passion.  Passion keeps us focused on the end result but not so much on the how.  Yes, it will show us the steps we need to take, but it takes the ego out of it and we don’t feel the need to determine what that step is.  We allow the universe to show us what’s next.

In creating anything and developing desire to passion, it’s important for us to understand what is measurable and what is producing the results we are looking for.  I will us the familiar analogy of running a track.  Yes, we are moving and creating/using energy as we run circles, but we aren’t getting anywhere.  The goal is to get those ideas off the ground and to start living that life so we must direct that energy to the things that lift us up.  Or at the very least things that help us progress forward, not just run circles.  So all in all, the lessons so far are this: feel the thing that calls inside, the repetitive thoughts we can’t let go of and start working to raise that spark into a little flame.  See if it’s something we can develop into something more—and more importantly, if it’s something we want to develop into something more.  From there, find what will bring us to the next level.  What gets us moving?  Even if it is in circles at this point, what is helping us move?  Next is the real development.  Now we ask ourselves what moves us forward?  Not just moving, but intentionally moving forward?  And lastly, is the harnessing of that power. What will bring us to the point where we are no longer running, but flying?  Not only do we move with intention, but we have an intentional destination.  That is how we move and create with desire and live with passion and drive.  We learn to fly.