According to Dictionary.com, passion is generally a powerful and compelling emotion, such as love or hate.  Passion, in more basic terms, is a very strong emotion, good or bad.  It comes from the Latin verb patī meaning to suffer. Passion plays a key part in the Bible. In Christian theology, the Passion (from Greek πάσχω, 'to suffer'[1][2]) is the passing of Jesus in 33 AD. Everyone is passionate, or at least passionate about something.  People can be passionate about their lover or can be passionate about the sport they play.  Denis Waitley famous said "Chase your passion, not your pension.” Whether it’s your love or your hate that drives you, passion is the overall emotion that you feel.  Passion can range from Romeo and Juliet to me and sports.  In our modern day, we are held back from our passions.  The economy is preventing people from enjoying themselves as they normally would.  We can’t spend as much money on our passions as we want and we can’t afford to be passionate.  Money is too scarce to worry about your passion. Passion also can have a subtly sensual connotation.  If you say someone is passionate, you probably mean that they’re very romantic or charming, charming enough to woo you, even.  Dictionary.com describes this verson of “passion” as “strong sexual desire; lust.” In the wildly popular book The Notebook, author Sparks says “Passion and romance, perhaps, or maybe quiet conversations in candlelit rooms, or perhaps something as simple as not being second.” If I had to define passion in one sentence, I would say that passion is the driving force that makes you want to change things, whether it’s for the better or the worse.