“Your passions add invaluable quality to your life. They can be referred to as the solace you find during bad times and the anchor of your soul that keeps you grounded and helps you stay true to yourself when you are surrounded by life's storms, or even when life is a calm sea.”

Passion gives part of life a steady centre. During hard times, it can offer comfort and a reason to remain connected to oneself. During calm times, it still reminds a person what matters beneath routine and duty.

Life can move so quickly that whole days are spent on things done only because they are expected. A loved activity slows that movement. It brings attention back to the inner life that can be drowned out by everyone else’s needs.

That is why passion can feel like an anchor. It does not stop the storm or keep life from changing. It keeps something true from being carried away, so that happiness and a sense of self still have somewhere to return.