It's just always been difficult for me to feel strongly about most things. I played soccer for 14 years, and I loved it and was good at it. But when I gave it up because I moved for my final year of high school, I wasn't bothered. I didn't miss it, and that's the longest I've ever been "attached" to something. I don't have the ear for music or an eye for art, so there's no passion from me for either of those. I enjoy both, undoubtedly. I just don't play an instrument or paint in my spare time. And I'm agnostic, so I don't really have a firm believe in a religion -- though I do passionately believe no one should force his religion upon others.
That's all I can figure my passions are: ideals. What I believe in, I believe passionately. I may not be the most vocal about it, but I don't think that diminishes the value of my passion any. I just don't want to be in people's faces about my beliefs because I don't like it when people try to force things upon me. I'll listen, and I'll discuss, but I have recently had to accept that at the end of the day, it very well may be that my opinion and your opinion starkly contrast. But that's okay.
Not everyone will have the same opinions, but these are the things in which I most passionately believe:
Peace. One day, I sincerely hope that people will understand war is not necessary. We were born with voices and rational thought; let's use them. Killing doesn't solve anything. It just hurts people and continues the problem.
Equality. I hate that discrimination is still evident in a society that claims to be so developed and modern. Equality may be guarenteed by law, but I don't think anyone could rightly say it's been eliminated in practice. I know everyone stereotypes, and there are more people who are racist than will ever admit to it, so we need to work harder to live up to the claims we make and ideal we maintain as a nation.
Choice. This has become something I've started feeling more passionately about recently. Everyone needs to have choices and should not be afraid to make a choice for himself or herself that hurts no one else. While I do not believe in proselytizing democracy, I do think that there are natural rights everyone is born with that one should be allowed to express no matter where in the world he is.
Everyone means well. Maybe I'm just naive. Maybe I'm overly optimistic. Actually, it probably is naivety. This one is complicated, because I also think people are selfish, just selfish with what should usually be good intentions. I don't think people originally set out to hurt each other. What initial reason is there to do so? But humans are emotionally creatures, and things get misconstrued. Of course, psychopaths are the exception here.Religion should be personal. It irks me to no end when people try and force their beliefs upon me, especially when it's down in a way that involves telling me I'm going to hell. It's my business, between God and me, and I don't need the opinion of anyone else. There would be so much less fighting if people kept religion in their personal lives (then we could work on peace!!). It should also stay out of government so that everyone is afforded the same rights. (See my opinion on gay marriage.)
Oh, and I'm passionate about pizza, too. Cheese pizza. I love it.
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