So many people are out there searching for their passion, trying to find some meaning and purpose in their lives. However, they’re also avoiding any type of pain or suffering at all costs. What they don’t seem to understand is that passion is suffering, and it’s simply not possible to find something if we’re also avoiding it at the same time. For me, there are several things that I enjoy doing. I like going for walks, especially hiking in the woods. I like running, singing, dancing, and playing cards. But writing is my passion. Why? Because I can’t NOT do it. I feel so much pain in my heart for everyone out there who has had to go through any past hurts like I had to endure. People struggle so much. Our specific hardships are often different, but the inner wounds are all the same. They grow and they fester when they’re kept in the dark. So, my sole mission in life is to shine the light of love on people’s broken places, to heal the world with empathy and understanding. I’ve been there, and I felt so alone. And the feeling alone part is what hurt so much. I felt like no one cared, and I felt like nothing mattered. But people do care, and you do matter. So, if you want to find your purpose, your passion, make some time to sit with your pain. Make friends with it. Ask your suffering about its purpose in your life and how it can use you to help others in a similar situation. If we all do our part, we really can change the world.