Secret pleasures, secret passions

We all have things we love doing that maybe we'd rather not immediately share with our friends or work colleagues for example for fear of being seen as "odd" or "weird".

Sometimes these are just things we do for fun every now and then that are so different from our daily activities that it gives our lives the colour and variety we need.

Sometimes though, these passions can lead us to a job, opportunity or person that we never would have otherwise come across, and if we can get over own initial hang-ups about what others may think of us and have the courage to commit to these things we love, in the end surely we, and everyone around us, will benefit.

I myself would count karaoke as one of these. Now normally I'm fairly reserved and shy, but secretly I enjoy the excitement and attention of that few minutes up in front of a room full of people, singing the tunes implanted in my head from thousands of listens.

So what are YOUR secret pleasures and passions? Maybe it's a collection of something? Maybe it's a class you go to every week to share with others with a similar interest? Maybe it's currently something even less structured or regular, like dancing with abandon in your front room to the soundtrack of your youth when everyone else is out? (whether it's Flashdance, Saturday Night Fever, or West Side Story)...

Think about how you could, if you wanted to and if these are things you truly are passionate about, expand these activities into your life more... There's no harm in researching where you could take them. You never know where, or to who, they may lead...