Passion Meets World Need

"The best definition I have ever heard of a vocation is that it's the place where your great joy meets the world's great need. ... We need all of you to find your vocation. To develop your joys, your passions, and to match them to the world's great needs."

~ Eric Greitensm, US Navy Seal & Rhodes Scholar

This is a powerful quote.  

As someone who works with thousands of students to discover their passion and place in life, I see this everyday.  I can't help but think about this myself, and truly think if I am where I should be.  Often times people in higher education say find your passion and do that.  Others say wrap your career around your passion. 

Greitensm's approach takes that even further.  It is not just about what you want from life; life is about what you can contribute to the world and your community.  I firmly believe you have to work in an area you are passionate about or else what is the point.  

As I reflect on this Memorial Day and Weekend.  I think of those who put their country before their personal wants and desires.  They had a passion for service and met the greatest need.

Sacrifice and glory - they will lead the way.

David Goggins US Navy SEAL Iron Man

The whole "interview" is outstanding and motivation.  An excellent example of sacrifice, service and athleticism.

Here are the notable quotes that really hit me or moved me personally.

• To test my soul, to see what I’m all about.

• That’s when you know.  That is the only time you can find out what the human body is all about.  What you’re made of.  Limits to myself, limits to the human soul.  Everyday I’m trying to see if I have limits.

• I don’t just train for an hour or so,  I train until it somethin’ is uncomfortable.  Then that is when you know who you really are.

• My life doesn’t have a finish line, so when I cross the finish line of the ironman, it doesn’t matter.  I know in two or three weeks from now, I’ll be doing something else that provides me more pain.

• I believe everything, you know, I try to do is defined by excellence.   But I don’t think I can reach excellence myself, because the standards of my life are really higher.  So I don’t think I can reach it, but I try to every day.

• You have to be a good individual first, before you can be a good team member.

• I’ve done a lot of things that I though was impossible, but nothing is impossible anymore.