Live Your Passion

"I believe that every woman holds within her the power to change the world in some way, and it’s her responsibility to figure out what that is," said Mary Cantando, of www.WomanBusinessOwner.com. She specializes in helping women owners of multi-million dollar companies advertise their services to Fortune 500 companies.

Do you know that you can change the world? That’s why God put you here. He has a plan for each of us that enables us to take small steps toward a bigger plan. In the Bible, Paul talks about running a race. A race has a course for the runners. God gives each of us our own course to run. We see the markers and forks as we get there, and we must choose whether to take the path that leads to successful use of our talents or whether we take the path of fear and avoid the race completely.

Even the smallest successful use of our talents changes the world. "It’s like you throw a stone out on the lake of eternity and the ripples just go on and on and on. I believe every time I speak or write or have an interaction in the grocery store, everything I do is about throwing positive stones into the lake of eternity and the impact that makes on people that I will never even know," explains Mary.

"I believe that if I can help a woman grow her business, she can add one employee, then that’s not just one person, but that’s a family, that’s a community. When I stand up to speak to a room full of women, I look across this sea of faces, and I think, ‘I need one woman here today to hear one thing I’ve said, take it seriously, and go back and make one change in her business that will allow her to hire one more employee. That will impact that one family and that one community. My mission in life is to touch people who I may never eve know and make a difference in their lives," she says.

What are you passionate about? There’s at least one God-given passion, one God-given desire in each of our hearts. He wants us to live passionately. "Wow, if everyone in the world got that, imagine the state we’d be in. Just imagine if everybody was passionate about what they were doing, if everyone got up every morning to do something they really wanted to do, and if every one of those people was making a positive impact on the world, how cool would that be?" exclaims Mary.

God intends that you too should have this kind of impact. "Why were you put on this earth? Live into that to make it happen," says Mary.

It’s living passionately and with enthusiasm that makes successful Christians. Whether or not it will make you a millionaire is God’s decision, but whether or not you live your purpose passionately is your decision. When you live passionately, you wake up excited for the day and go to bed at night feeling satisfied with your accomplishments.

Lois Carrier, a financial advisor, explained, "I feel like I can sleep at night and say, ‘Thank you, God. I have taken what you’ve given me, and I’ve helped your other children with it.’ It’s not pride. It’s just that I know that I have done well in God’s eyes." She added, "I think that a lot of people wonder about that part of their lives."

What is your passion? Go out and start living it. It’s the first step toward success.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Terri Pilcher writes as a CWAHM amidst the turmoil of homeschooling five kids. Her articles have appeared in Focus on the Family publications and parenting magazines. She’s currently completing a book based on her interviews with Christian millionaires.