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If Passion had a fairy godmother she would be curiosity: an avid interest in life itself and the lives of those she encounters.
Last night Emma and I were at the First Friday artfest/street fair here in Bakersfield. When we don't have time to go visit galleries we stick to the sidewalks where off-the-grid artists collect. I get lots of hugs and we usually buy some small things to encourage the artists to continue creating.
I met two eleven-year-old young women entrepreneurs selling their creations. I was immediately excited and sharing my enthusiasm with the girls and their parents. Emma told the second mother-daughter-father trio, "My Mom likes to interrogate my friends like this, too, and for some reason they really like her!"
The Dad agreed with Emma's friends saying, "Well, she takes an interest."
People love when they are the center of your curiosity, your interest.
Have you heard the truism that if you have a conversation with a person and simply ask them questions about themselves they will go away from the discussion thinking you are the most brilliant, fabulous person they have met?
The thing is, if you make curiosity a practice, you will become closer to people immediately. You will feel more connected to the world, immediately. You will find yourself delectably wonderful as well.
See? Curiosity IS Passion's fairy godmother!
Julie
Jordan Scott is a writer, performance poet, Mommy and mixed-media artist. Her
word-love themed art will be for sale at First Friday each month in Downtown
Bakersfield. Check out the links below to follow her on a bunch of different
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