I have noticed something lately. It seems that when people describe their jobs or what they do, it is mostly in terms of "paying the bills" or "what else could I do with a marketing degree" or "it's a living." Very few actually light up when describing their jobs.
For those that are passionate, there is an underlying theme. Creation. Creativity.
I talked with a woman who is into Sports Branding. She was talking about getting the campaigns out, creating a name for the players, softening or hardening a public perception about the sports star in question. She was very excited. She used the word "possibilities" and "creativity" and "giving a name or brand a life that it never had before."
A programmer friend of mine gets so excited talking about code. Computer code. When he can make it do. The games he can build. "You know that game....That ocean is mine. I created it. The wave effects and everything."
A teacher who works with special needs children spoke of the hardships, and difficulties. When she actually talked about working with an autistic boy, the last day of the school year, the boy hugged her. Her eyes were glistening, and joy was coming off of her in waves. "I never thought I ever got through to him. But something is there now, a bond. It's not much, but at the same time it is everything."
There are several others. The underlying thread is that these people either participated in or were witness to a new thing being born, a new creation.
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