Posts by Allan Lacoste

We need passion in our lives as it’s the key to unlocking our dreams. For those who are able to identify their passion and align it with whatever they’re doing, something magical happens. A synergy is born between fortified energy and our actions. Work becomes enjoyable and pleasurable. Hours fly off the clock unnoticed. Tiredness and fatigue drift into the back of our minds as we power our way to bigger things and greater achievements. Passion is the key to creating excellence, and a passion for learning creates great people. Just think, nothing great has ever happened in the world that wasn’t accomplished without passion. People who possess it can make the impossible happen. Without it, we lack energy and when we lack energy, we have nothing. Passion can move people beyond themselves, their shortcomings, and their failures. How do you find your passion you ask? Well finding it is more than just careers and money. it’s about finding yourself. Your authentic self. The version of you that may have been buried beneath the needs and expectations of others. Find your purpose. It’s the reason for your journey and passion is the torch that lights the way. At the end of the day, remember one thing. As long as you have passion and are willing to work hard, you can achieve the unachievable and create the life you want for yourself. After all, it is the key to unlocking our dreams.

True friendship is something that some people don’t get the honor of experiencing. Sure, we all have friends or acquaintances, but to some, there is that one special person that completes them. Someone who thinks as you think, someone who you can speak your mind in front of with no repercussion or judgment. A person who is willing to put their lives on hold when you need a little something extra in yours. True friendship can start when we’re kids and last a lifetime. A friend knows every word to the song of your heart and is willing to sing it for you when your memory fails. Friendship at its core is simply a relationship you have with a family that you chose. Friends are the brothers and sisters we never had or always wanted. They stand by our side through life’s ups and downs and it’s an amazing feeling to celebrate our friends for special occasions or simply just to brighten their day. True friendship is hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.

Sometimes the hobbies that we love come with a price. To those who collect stamps or comic books, or enjoy car shows and theatre, chances are high that you can venture off to do these things without any serious risk of harm or injury. However, that’s not the case for all folks and their hobbies. Some individuals enjoy skydiving, bungee jumping, parkour, dirt biking, and other extreme activities. Unfortunately, these high-risk activities oftentimes come with high-risk injuries. Even so, is that any reason to give them up or not do them at all? Of course not. If you love something, you’re going to try everything in your power to do it, right? Wounds heal, bones mend and each scar tells a story about a person doing something they love so much, that they’re willing to risk their own well-being to take part in it. Each broken bone and the time required to heal also provide a period of reflection. And even though injuries will happen, the experience we take away from it dictates whether or not they’ll happen again. Be responsible. Have fun. Stay safe and live the life you want, even if there’s a little danger looming on the horizon of a good time.

I think it’s safe to assume that everyone has scars. Some of us have physical scars, while others have mental ones, and of course, a lot of us have both. No matter whether the scars are on your skin or your past, they all tell stories. They are memories of times when we did something stupid, or something fun that came with a price. They may hold the stories of bad times in our lives when we needed to prevail in order to grow. They can be fun or troubling. They take us back to our childhood, to our teenage years when we were too young to care and not old enough to know better. No matter how you look at it just remember that to have a scar means that you experienced pain, but also healed from it. We’re all scarred and we all have our stories. A smart man once said that out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. As it turns out, they’re just another kind of memory.