immersion

i get a lot of my ideas from watching movies. i was watching a movie last night called "Searching For Bobby Fischer." it's about a young boy who loves to play chess. he spends so much time playing chess that he does poorly in school and loses some friends, but he is obsessed with the game and with winning tournaments and becoming the best chess player ever. it made me think about what kinds of things i am obsessed with.

i'm not really that obsessed with anything. well, maybe facebook. but there is nothing in my life that i have given all of my energy and brain power to. everyone has a hobby, right? something that they work on every day, devote lots of time to, think about when they are at work. i know that i have hobbies. i love to read and i love to take pictures. but those are not things that i am obsessed with. obsessed isn't the right word. maybe the word i'm looking for is: immersed. what is it like to be so immersed in an activity that you not only enjoy, but become skilled at it? let's say you love to play the piano, but you're just average. suddenly you have the urge to devote your life to playing the piano and after a time you become so skilled that you're playing in concert halls and with orchestras. wouldn't that be amazing?

i'd really like to find something in my life that i can become immersed in. like my sign language, or writing. something that i can practice and do everyday. or maybe i just want to become immersed so i feel i have a driving force in my life. something that excites me and captures my interest.

so what things do you want to be immersed in? what are the joys in your life that make the drab parts okay? what things make it all worth it?