passion

4 Comments September 4, 2012 peacelovefoster

I’m actually pretty excited to have this break on the blog between dogs to share posts related to other things. One of my favorite in-between-fosters posts are the ones written by guest writers. My boyfriend Mark stopped by the blog in March, and now his mom is taking a shot at it. I love hearing what other people have to say, and I love giving them an opportunity to share it – so I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!

“ONE PERSON WITH PASSION IS BETTER THAN 40 PEOPLE MERELY INTERESTED” – E.M. FORSTER English Novelist

Hi. I am Profitta and Seamus Mom (Mark’s too). After moving to Philadelphia from Pittsburgh (where our house and yard were too small for a dog- at least according to my husband!) we were waiting for our new house to be built, so I researched the golden breeders in the area and found one that breeds to the size I wanted and Profitta was born April 2001. Raising a puppy is a WORK OF PASSION! Among other puppy traits, she loved to eat our new dry wall.

Fast forward to the fall of 2008 when our third and youngest son, Mark went to college. Thinking back I was so excited anticipating him leaving but…..? On the day we dropped him off at the dorm, I became very depressed and on the way home I called my kennel who I knew had a 14 month male golden that was given up and said to have him ready in the morning. I was coming to get him. When my husband got home from work the next day, he asked “if this was permanent????” I gave a non–committal answer, but I knew it was. Seamus had been neglected by well-meaning but elderly owners and possibly abused as well, as he was very shy and fearful of everything. Now, 4 years later, he is much better (but still leaves the room when he sees a broom!). After going to a dog behavior therapist with both dogs we worked it out. Thus another WORK OF PASSION.

Now Mark has graduated from college and I have completed another WORK OF PASSION with all of my boys living on their own.

I met Juliana in September of 2010 and since she started fostering dogs in the summer of 2011, I have seen her WORK OF PASSION. Her Peace Love & Foster Blog is a constant homework assignment Sunday thru Thursday nights that is meaningful and compelling every day. Good blogging makes me want to start my own blog and that’s why I asked to be a guest blogger today. I am an avid gardener and keeping “the goldens” out of the tomatoes makes my life very interesting.

You take the very best things in life along with the disappointments and thus life is a WORK OF PASSION.

As Bill Cosby has said ANYONE CAN DABBLE, BUT ONCE YOU’VE MADE THAT COMMITMENT, YOUR BLOOD HAS THAT PARTICULAR THING IN IT, AND IT’S VERY HARD FOR PEOPLE TO STOP YOU. That pretty much defines the meaning of WORK OF PASSION for me.

6 Comments March 22, 2012 peacelovefoster

Rescue groups are similar to the dogs we help: there are so many of them, all amazing in their own way – but there is always one that stands out to you; one that you connect with. For me, Jasmine’s House was this group. Their mission is so deeply rooted in a passion for saving pit bull type dogs that with every single dog they take in, they help make the world a better place. They have so much knowledge and understanding of what dogs need to heal, and time after time they give dogs a chance who may not have had one otherwise. But their impact goes deeper than that still.

Jasmine’s House is spreading their mission to the public by engaging strangers in thought: what change do you wish to see in the world? It’s a tough question to ask yourself, and an even tougher question to find the answer to. You’ll discover, though, that when you and many others start to think about it, an unimaginable amount of diverse and brilliant ideas come up. Jasmine’s House is really on to something with this, sparking inspiration and motivation every time they pose the question. See for yourself:

photo from facebook.com/jhrescue

Because honestly, what change do we imagine for this world? Everyone has a different answer to this, and of course none of them are more correct than the others. It’s just a question people should ask themselves once in a while to at the very least reignite passion for a cause. After all, “Nothing great in the world has ever happened without passion” (-Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel).

Remembering why we do what we do can help during those times we feel burnt out or we question our efforts. It can help when trying to convince others of the change that’s needed. It helps to focus our intent and better our efforts. So thank you, Jasmine’s House, for making me step back and ask myself, “If I could have this world any way I want, what would it be?” There are so many answers that come to mind that it’s impossible to choose just one. But for now: