Cats themselves also have focuses in their lives. They're pretty much about getting what they want, usually for survival, but sometimes for personal appeasement. I feel like hunting is one of their focuses. I haven't actually seen any of my cats hunt, and I kind of don't want to because I'm not a big fan of the circle of life, but I have seen their cousins, lions, hunt and I feel like they have a passion for killing. And once they kill they seem to happily munch on their trophy. Hunting would take great dedication and time, when thinking about the patience in seeking prey and coming up on it, and then going at it until successfully catching something. This is a very is important focus for them because it provides a huge necessity known as food.
"How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love" uses a quote by philosopher Dan Dennett saying, "Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it." Finding something to become dedicated to can be something quite difficult. There's many things that interfere with the choice one makes. People that are in one's life and the world will affect what one will choose. It's key to ignore those people and center on what one alone really wants, and even ignore want they want to want to find what they can that they will truly enjoy. Finding a focus, something to dedicate oneself to, kind of motivates one to live. It gets one to do something in this life and possible do something effective in this world, big or small. Getting by in the world and doing things isn't a breeze if there's no passion to things, that's why people need to find a focus that they have a real liking for and dedicate themselves to it and spend the time in their lives doing it.
Works Cited
Popova, Maria. "How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love." Brain Pickings. N.p. n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2014
I think, too often, we choose to do what society expects us to do (for example get a job that earns a lot of money) instead of choosing to do what we are passionate about.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ms. Farias. A lot of the time when I begin to think about what field I want to go into, the first thing that will pop into my mind is what career produces the largest salary, rather than thinking about what I enjoy doing the most. Very nice blog. It's a great reminder to all of us.
ReplyDeleteMy dogs are like that too. If they are hungry they won't let you be at peace until they are eating. But I agree with you, I wanted them so I will love them even if they get annoying sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it can be hard for people to find what they are passionate about. I think society has a big impact on this because people are so caught up on how things are supposed to be that they don't end up doing what's right for them.
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