spell passion

Everything happens for a reason.

Something happened to me yesterday, well not particularly proud of how I got into that circumstance but let's just say I got trapped for a few hours, and in that captive hours, I 'witnessed' passion.. and it was certainly a lesson that will stay with me. It's almost like God giving me a practical lesson:

Yesterday, I was feeling extremely drowsy after coming back to work, so I decided to take a rest in one of the changing rooms in my office, thinking a short nap should energise me adequately to last me thru the night. At about 630pm, I awoke and thought I will get back to work, but alas I heard a familiar voice outside which sounded like my colleague, so I decided to stay inside the cubicle till she leaves. Little did I know that was the beginning of my practical lesson inside that little 'room'...

Apparently the girl is outside the room practising and choreographing a dance. Soon, half an hour passed and I was beginning to feel restless. But it would be too late to leave now, so I continued to wait.

The next half hour passed and it was now 7pm - I thought, "when's this gonna end?"
It was at this time, I overheard her saying she's got an hour more to go. "Oh no..", I grunted.

And then 8pm came - By this time, I was thinking if I was going to spend the night there! I couldn't believe how anyone could dance non-stop for one and a half hours! Throughout this whole time, I could hear her putting in a lot of effort, repeating her music over and over again, trying her steps fervently.

Soon, it was 9pm, and she was still there diligently practising her dance! - By then, I was very desperate, I started praying to God to make her leave while I tried to use my 'free' time in there by planning my next day.
But while I was in there, I also grew increasingly impressed by her passion toward her craft and her conscientiousness.

At 930pm, I was no longer sure if she even intends to leave, so I thought enough was enough! I really needed to get out, and that was when I plucked up enough courage to sms my colleague to help ask the girl and her friends to leave. And it turned out that the girl actually wasn't my friend, but someone who was busy practising her choreography for an audition cum performance. (Urgh! which meant I could have left right at the beginning)

But I learnt something very precious through this.
I mean, I love singing and I'm in the praise and worship ministry, yet I have never toiled like this girl since I get restless very easily and I have a very short attention span. This incident speaks to me about one thing - passion.
This girl had passion for her craft, which is why she could dance non-stop for the past 3 hours. In that span of 3 hours, her friends had came by to watch her dance. Yet, in spite of her friends' encouragement, she was not satisfied with her own performance, which was the very reason why she stayed there for such a long time.

I have a lot to learn from her -
To me, she is passion personified.

Thank you God for showing me how I ought to live out my passion and hone my craft like she does. I want to strive for excellence in what I do, like what the Bible says in 1 Tim 4:8 to exercise oneself up in godliness.. "Those who would be godly must exercise themselves unto godliness; it requires a constant exercise."