contagious

Michael Jordan, R.C. Sproul, Steve Erwin, Bethoven, Craig Bartholomew, Anne of Green Gables, Ben Folds--- what do these people have in common? Passion. A love for basketball, crocodiles, music, or just "plain" life- passion emanates from their whole being and I find it very contagious.

For example, I am not the science type. Not really at all. I think my highschool experience with the subject damaged me for life. But, I was captivated for almost 2 hours by a man who came to redeemer for the science fair to show a few cool things about science. I couldn't peel my eyes off this guy! Not that he was much to look at ( I'm not being rude, bear with me) being 5 ft nothing, bit of a funny accent, thick rimmed glasses, passed the age of retirement...BUT man, it took about 3 seconds for anyone to see that this guy absolutely loved science- and about 4 seconds for the excitement to pass from him to the crowd. How does that happen? The guy was in his element- it was obvious to everyone, and that love has GOT to be contagious.

Ben Folds. There is another prime example. My friends and I went to his concert last night, which was INcredible. He is a musical genius in love with his piano. You can just see it- from the second he started pounding on those keys, that he was loving it. I've never seen fingers move so fast in my life-they were a blur. But what made it so great was the fact that HE was loving every single second of his music. To move from good to great you need talent + passion. People sense if, feel it, love it, and catch it. Again, my eyes were glued to Ben and his piano... ahhh fantastic.

Science and Music- I'm not great with either of them but the best part of that is I don' t have to be. I was able to share in the passions of both the crazy scientist and Ben Folds just by watching them do their thing: How sweet is that? I love when I meet people that are driven by their passions in life. Their excitement is contagious.