For 42 years I searched for what was my "true passion" until one day I stopped and just began to live my life. Each day brought new things to me that I'd never stopped to experience. One of them was the Internet and my very 1st day in 1997 in a chat room, into my life "talked" my "passion".. When I read his 1st post, "the names Dourite ma'am, Lance Dourite" I had a shock wave flow though me like I was struck by lightening. We talked from Friday night till Monday Morning. We have been together ever since, sharing our lives, our joys, our sadness, our Ups and downs, and most of all an enduring PASSION.

These are the steps we took to find our way and maybe they can help you find or keep your PASSION alive:
Step 1:  The Power of Thought:
Love begins with our thoughts. We become what we think about. If we think positive thoughts, then we become positive people.
Example: It's raining today. A negative thinker will think, UGH rain, now I'll be wet, the streets will be crowded and I might have an accident. As a positive thinker, my thought is, Oh good rain will make my garden grow, will clear the air and make the day brighter.

Loving thoughts create loving experiences and loving relationships. Affirmations can change our beliefs and thoughts about others and ourselves. When we first meet our mate, we have very positive thoughts about them. Later in the relationships sometimes these positives turn into negatives. Example: A person who makes a "good living" and is a great provider at the beginning of the relationship, later on could become "never at home because of work" or "an excessive spender of his fortune". A person who is outgoing and vivacious becomes "show off" and an attentive person with an eye for detail becomes a "flirt and womanizer".

We need to THINK about what attracted us to that person in the first place, think positively on those qualities. Affirm verbally to our mate those positives. "I'm so proud of you for providing this secure home for us" or "That color of blue in your dress brings out the color of your beautiful eyes."
Love is a gift we give ourselves. If we want to love someone, we need to consider their needs and desires as well as how we can help them achieve their goals.

Pen2Gem: Everyday with you in my life is a GREAT day!!

About the author: Having searched for 42 years before finding the other 1/2 of her dividedsoul, Dr. Goodhead has since become one of the WWW most sought after authorities on internet relationships. Under her real persona she has over 27 articles in print or on the WWW.