Following your passion?!

I was on facebook this afternoon looking at all the wall posts of things that my friends think are interesting. I came across a link to a video that inspired me. A guy named Gary Vayerchuk started a video blog online that is all about wine. www.WineLibrary.com . It was a youtube video of him speaking at a conference in 2008. It is too bad that it took this long for me to find this video. Gary (a younger, energetic wine connoisseur) outlined how in today's world, we HAVE to follow our passions. What he means is DO SOMETHING that you love, and you WILL make a living at it.
It makes me think: back at the turn of the century (1900) the majority of people owned some sort of business, and very few worked for them. Today however, it is just the opposite. I think we spend too much time doing things we hate, and do not spend our time on what we are passionate about. In the age of the internet, it is so easy to get distracted with the constant noise...checking email 200 times a day, answering the phone whenever it rings, abusing the information we have available today. I just think, What would life be like, if we all followed our passion? My guess is the world would be a happier place. Relationships would flourish, and personal contact would be different. I was having a convorsation with someone close to me (not immediate family) and i realized, the entire time she was on her phone talking to someone else... can we EVER just be where we are?? What is even more funny is coming to terms with the fact that I am guilty of the same...on a regular basis. Not good. So....What does this have to do with wedding videography? I dont know. I guess it means that I do it because I love it, and not because it is just a job. I guess I would not be doing it if I did not have a passion for it. I love wedding films. I am obsessed. I catch my self watching others work...sometimes too much. Thats all for now...
Charles