Turn and head for the door...

"So hard to do

And so easy to say

Sometimes you just have to walk away"

Ben Harper is the soulful man responsible for these timely words; although in his case, something tells me that his application of the phrase is more likely about some beautiful yet tragically flawed love affair - or at least thats what the Isabele Allende in me would want to think.

In my case, walking away means the long overdue departure from the well paying job at the big, reputable, international corp. where people put their dues in for future "success", accept and thus perpetuate the hierarchy and stick around to pay the mortgage, bills and wait for the annual salary increase. You know the place - it could be any office, in any city, really anywhere in the world.

Knowing this, this past week has been an interesting experience in articulating the concept of The Year of Passion to family and friends. However like almost anything, practice breeds confidence and the more I begin to share about what I'm doing and what The Year of Passion is about, the more I believe that this truly is my calling right now: to lead a life, and maybe even a movement, that flicks on our consciousness to believe that passion is possible everyday. Even the sheer mention of the concept sparks conversation, and begins the thoughts.