Know your own passion. What ideas and what kinds of activism fill you with strong, energetic emotions? These emotions may be pointing you toward your life’s work. Whether it’s introducing someone else to a hobby you adore or fighting a global injustice, no life-giving cause is too small if you’re passionate about it.
Put your passion to work. What might you do to embrace those emotions? Perhaps you’ll decide to volunteer with newborns or the elderly, teach someone to read, or plant a spot of greenery where none was before. Perhaps you’ll take a class to learn more about your passion, or look for ways to change your career path in favor of work that gives you energy.
Communicate the powerful feelings that drive you. Very few of us are as eloquent as Dr. King was, but passion and joy can shine through our words or deeds nonetheless. Expressing your passion may inspire other people to join you in whatever cause speaks to you, whatever change in the world compels you.