Passion is a complicated word because there are so many variations to it’s definition. Passion is a word that most people strive to have it in their lives one way or another. It elusive to many people, yet we all know what it looks like when we see it. Since like an onion there are so many layers of passion in all of us, it will take me two different posts to give passion the time it deserves.

External passion is the easiest one to explain because we are exposed to it in so many ways. It’s fleeting but usually lots of fun.

Bruce Springsteen was in town several months ago and since many people had told me that he was the best live show they had ever seen I decided to check it out. He was not disappointing. Even though Bruce is 66 years of age, he played and played for almost 4 hours. It was a remarkable and exhausting performance. He wore the audience out. How can he keep up this frenetic pace night in night out for over 40 years? It’s simple. He is so passionate about his craft.. The audience can see that passion in him and grabs hold throughout the entire show. We as a species are attracted to absorbing passion from whatever external source we can get our hands on. Then in a flash of an eye the lights go on and Springsteen’s passionate musical journey is over.