In order to have passion, one needs self identity because without it one could not love. In order for one to love, one needs to have an open mind. The open mind couldn't be possible if there was not privilege. With self identity, one is being oneself and not another. It is to know who one is and accept it with no boundaries. It is hard to find but one must be willing to have the courage to go on the journey to find oneself. Self identity is what makes everyone different, unique. "In order to love life you have to find your passion; you have to find what truly makes you happy and when you find what truly makes you happy you gottta chase after it; you gotta take those risks," Ray illustrates from the Passion Project. One must be willing to take risks because that is how one finds out what one likes or doesn't like. Once one finds or realizes what one likes and if it makes one happy, go after it. When passions are found and being lived, life becomes like a rainbow; it's bright, see different shades of colors, and sometimes can't find the end, although if you do there could be a pot of gold.... And with no leprechaun of course because they are scary. I one hundred percent believe what Ray said because how can you chase a dream if you don't know what it is? And how could you chase a dream if you don't know if you're even in it? You have to get to know yourself and learn all you can about yourself before having passion about something or someone. Once you have that passion, skies the limit from that point. No one can stop you but yourself. Tiffany mentions: "What you take in like it kinda like it shapes you, it molds you, like it defines you." What the mind takes in, one's body will react thus giving it a place of memory. When it's implanted in the memory one slowly continues to react molding into one, defining one. I had always lived for other people like my mom, passed boyfriends, aunts, uncles, friends etc. I thought that if I was who they wanted me to be, I would be loved and accepted. I was just fooling myself in every way. Becoming a different person for other people is exhausting and I knew I didn't want to live that the rest of my life. And that's when it started.
Self identity wouldn't be around if it weren't for love. Love is the root for passion. Love is a warm feeling, deep affection/passion, unconditional, and a strong connection. It can also be an intricate thing. Without it one would live life alone. "The more passionate or the more that you love something, the more you learn from it because you're you're I guess you're separating yourself. You're having like an outer body experience and you it's like a reflection almost like wow this is so beautiful I want to do this forever," comments Karina. The more love or passion grows, trust increases and that leads to exploring. When one learns, one reflects upon it and it feels like you're looking form the outside in. It is so beautiful that one wants to continue. And when one wants to continue "and as long as your true to yourself then you can then love unconditionally. Like you can accept people unconditionally because you're not worried about what people think of you," Samira points out. Being true to oneself and continuing to do so creates more love and self identity; it equals acceptance. Once that is mastered, one can love others without any limits. This is what I have been working on and figuring out most of my life. And I wondered why I was so unhappy going through life.I am still working on different levels of this area and it's a hard one to conquer, don't know if I can but it's something that I need to overcome. What I have learned from that was you can't please the whole world. And you can't please the world or anyone in that case if you don't have love for yourself. Love is very powerful and shouldn't be underestimated because it can take you anywhere and make you do anything.
An open mind comes with privilege. Having an open mind is being open to new ideas or not to be prejudice. Having a closed mind is to be prejudice which leads to racism. New ideas brings more understanding. Andrew puts it,"I was exposed to new things and how some people you know view their world basically. So it's helped me you know get an understanding of of what, you know, how other people think." Exposure to different things isn't always a bad thing. One starts to see things in a new light and realizes it's not just about one person, it's about everyone. Learning a variety of things from different people help open a mind. One can learn about culture, language, food, religion, traditions, and how one views life. On the other hand, Ray comments: "Without talking to students without getting to know them you know I have closed doors. I can't I can't pursue what I want to do, and so just getting comfortable with everybody around you knowing people in general opens all these doors of possibilities that leads to, that leads to many different possibilities." One can't always do everything alone. People need each other to survive in this country. With that said, the more people that are exposed to one, there is more chance of opportunities that will become available. I think with an open mind, it's already half of the battle. I think that's the hardest part to overcome because it's letting yourself know you are going into the unknown, which is outside of the box. For me having an open mind was to not believe all the harsh words said about me all through high school, that's when it all started; and to believe in love because I never seen it. My open mind was to learn to be a leader and not a follower; be myself even if that means more harsh words, and love myself for me because I am a good person and hopefully there will be someone who will love me for me. That doesn't happen until a little over a decade later! Good does come out of it, I promise. It takes a lot stepping out of boundaries to get there and it's not easy. If not for this recipe, along with support and endurance, I wouldn't be where I am today. And where I am today is somewhere I would have never thought I would get to. And the exact reason why I wouldn't let someone, including myself take it away from me.
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