Open Spaces

Director at NBC/ Universal Studios in Cyber Security, a great job, great income, great family, grandkids, President of C-Suite for Christ...why pursue anything else. Passion will do that to you. It makes you dissatisfied with the status quo. It leaves you thirsting for more. Andrea's story fits right up there with all the other stories we've heard this season, so take a listen!

Chasing success has its financial rewards, but at the pinnacle it may leave you feeling empty and hollow! Chasing your passion on the other hand guarantees that you'll live a fulfilled life, because, as Myles Munroe always said, "The two most important days in your life are the day you were born, and the day you discovered why."

Join my guest and I this week as we navigate the undulating road of his journey towards fulfilling his passion. You won't be sorry you did, so invite a friend and get comfortable.

The struggle is real!

Sometimes, the greatest loss in the pursuit of your passion is the loss of relationships. While, people "cancelling" you because you see things differently than them, is definitely contrary to the teachings of Jesus, it's probably safe to say that it demonstrates a sad reality, "Our beliefs are stronger than our love!" - Hope Clark

What if we risked it all and chose to pursue that passion in spite of the potential fallout and potential losses? What would that look like for you? Joseph Campbell said, (and yes, I'm quoting a Mormon), "The cave you fear to enter often holds the treasure you seek."

Have you ever asked yourself what you could do if you removed all the excuses and barriers to simply pursuing your passion? This season my guests give you insight into how they answered that question. What does it look like to pursue your passion with all the attendant risks, fears, failures, and challenges? Listen in to this season of Open Spaces with Joseph Thompson, as we explore what it looks like to be, "IN PURSUIT OF PASSION".

Sometimes it's simply a succession of serendipitous events that bring you face to face with an overwhelming sense that you need to pursue your passion at the expense of all else. My guest this week has just such a story, and you'll want to hear it. Who said you couldn't find your passion running into a stranger at a laundromat???

Still have questions?

Come meet Kayse!

Living vibrantly takes courage. Choosing to pursue your passion in the face of opposition, criticism, and your own personal 'demons' of insecurity may cause anxiety beyond any you've ever experienced. But once you make the leap of faith, you ask yourself only one question; "Why did I wait so long to do this?"

Would you believe me if I told you that it's possible to chase your passion even when you're just fifteen years old?

No?

Challenge accepted!

Come meet my guest on this episode of IN PURSUIT OF PASSION, on this season of Open Spaces with Joseph Thompson. No she's not fifteen, but her journey began when she was. You might learn a thing or two about pursuing your passion as you listen in on Kylee's story, and don't be selfish, invite a friend or two!

What would it cost you to give up the security of a regular guaranteed income and take a step off the cliff of uncertainty to pursue your passion? That's the question I'm asking my guests who've already taken that step, and their answers may surprise as well as inspire you. Join me this week as we explore the fears, uncertainties, insecurities, and triumphs that accompany a leap of faith into the unknown when the only thing your certain of is that you're truly passionate about what you're pursuing!

Graveyards are littered with untold stories, unfinished projects, unrealized dreams and desires, simply because too many of us are afraid to take the leap of faith required to chase our passion. It requires faith in Someone or something bigger than yourself. Faith isn't jumping off a cliff with a parachute, it's free-falling with the clear understanding that if Someone or something doesn't catch you, there's no surviving the fall.

So what exactly is passion, and what does it look like to pursue it?

Over the last couple of years I've met several people who are discontent with the status quo, whether in their faith, their work-life, their family, and in various other areas that determine the direction of their lives. Many of these people left full-time employment that provided the security of a guaranteed paycheck, to explore what it would look like to pursue their passion. Join me as I talk with some of them this season.

What exactly is passion, and what does it mean to pursue it? Over the last couple of years I've met several people who are discontent with the status quo, whether in their faith, their work-life, their family, and in various other areas that determine the direction of their lives. Many of these people left full-time employment that provided the security of a guaranteed paycheck, to explore what it would look like to pursue their passion.

This season I'm talking to various individuals who've pursued their passions while experiencing different emotions and having different personalities, and who are in various stages of that endeavor. Come and find out how their passion has made, not just theirs, but other people's lives better. Their stories just might inspire you to begin to pursue your own passion.