What Sets Your Soul on Fire?

I was telling my fit family community the other day that last year was all about finding joy. Finding joy in the everyday things. Finding joy in movement, in art, in reading, in anything that will make you smile in that day. And last year was great year.

But this year?

This year is all about doing what sets my soul on fire! This!

What is the difference?

The difference is PASSION. It's what drives you. It's what gets you up in the morning and gets you to do the things that bring you joy. Passion is what is going to sustain you and give you the reason why when the things are hard.

Just because your soul is on fire and you love what you do and it brings you joy, does it make it easy doesn't always make it easy doesn't always make it what you want to do in the moment. But passion for it, passion for what you're doing and just knowing in the bottom most part of yourself, in that place that just drives you to choose, that what you're doing is RIGHT. Will always make it worthwhile.

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