Passion, Love and Happiness

Passion, love and happiness share a very close relationship.However, the relationship is not as simple as it may seem. Passion works in dual modes : Harmonious and Obsessive, depending on how the passion is associated with the person's identity.

Obsessive passion is toxic and self destructive. The sense of excitement derived from it is so uncontrollable that it has the tendency to take over your life, your relationships and your identity. Conversely, Harmonious passion is characterized by more restraint and self awareness. The activity occupies a significant but not overpowering space in your identity and is in harmony with other aspects of your life.

Two movies depict this.. Tamasha n YJHD.

When I saw Tamasha, I thought that Ved is who Bunny would have become had he not pursue his passion of travelling the world

They're both characters so strongly associated with their passions, that they'd crumble if you take it away. We experience Bunny's journey as he dreams and lives his passion, but we don't really see him as being truly happy until he's back to his old life. He's the happiest while being around the people that he loves That doesn't take away from the fact that his passion is still of the utmost importance for him. Its just that it had taken over his life so much that he had cost a part of himself go in the process. His passion was turning into a borderline obsession, which needed an anchor to his old self to become harmonious again, which he finds in the form of Naina

Veds journey is exactly the opposite, as his anchor Tara is a means to his passion, which is the old self he had left behind in this case l often think about what happened to Ved after the events of the film The film leaves us with the belief that Ved is finally happy. But given how strongly his identity was linked to his passion, It's very easy to fall in the trap of obsession resulting in the same circle of negative emotions that he was trying to escape. 

It's important that as conversations around following our passions are taking centre stage, we remember that passions make us immensely happy, but only as long as we're self aware enough to not let them control us.