A cornball thing (but by no means trivial)

I want you to get swept away out there. I want to you levitate. I want
you to sing with rapture and dance like a dervish . . . yeah be deliriously
happy or a least leave yourself open to be. I know it's a cornball thing,
but love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. I say,
fall head over heels, find someone you can love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back. How do you find him? Well, you forget your head
and listen to your heart. The truth is, there's no sense living your life
without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love, well, you
haven't lived a life at all. But you have to try, because if you haven't
tried, you haven't lived. -William Parrish, Meet Joe Black

One of my favorite movies of all time is Meet Joe Black. Aside from it being a chick flick, there is so much wisdom to be learned. Although the quote above refers to falling in love, romantic love, I like to equate it to passion and zeal for life in general. While at times daunting, finding one's passion in life is truly one of life's great purposes. Finding that thing with which truly cannot be lived without; whether it be love for another person, a profession, religion, spirituality, all are needed in some respect to fulfill one's life quest for that which is passion. Passion can lead to great accomplishment. One must be open to this passion, however, only then can life truly be experienced as it should; lived to the capacity of great happiness and even joy.

Passion is belief. Passion is joy. Joy is true happiness and love. One of my passions is my religion: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I know with a surety beyond any doubt of its everlasting truth, and the happiness that its gospel brings to my life. Without it, there would be no purpose to my life. I believe in Christ's atonement for my sins and the sins of all of God's children. On this day especially I rejoice in his magnificent sacrifice for me. I can only begin to fathom the sacrifice made; the pain endured; and the love freely given. He died for me, and now resurrected in eternal glory, he lives for me!

What are your passions in life? What makes your life worth living?