All about Passion

A long time ago, a friend of mine noted with amusement that I crack myself up. This was a true observation.
It's not so much that I laugh at my own jokes, though I certainly tend to do that. It's more that I find private amusement in the way my brain puts together various information. I'm one of those people who can spend an afternoon in my own company, and have all the benefits of a social event.
It's very fun to be me.
It's also true that other people do not seem to do this, and I can't image why not.
Perhaps it's a dearth of material.
My mind is a jumble of music, literature, and disorganized mental notes. These randomly intersect from the slightest provocation, inducing the most comical associations.
Perhaps I am crazy.
The amusement, though, adds a pleasant backdrop for the mundane details of life. If one has to function on this planet, one ought to chuckle a bit.
It's curious to me how very much emotion is woven into the way we humans function.
Tim and I have been looking at the Bible to see what it has to say on the topic of emotion. We pick different topics, each week, to study from a biblical perspective, then we enjoy a robust discussion on our findings.
Emotion looks to be on every page, in one form or another.
My beginning question, as I set off on this little exercise, was "Is emotion primarily human, or is it primarily divine?"
The more I read, the more I think that emotion is primarily divine. The bible portrays God as possessing and displaying a rich variety of powerful emotion. Is it possible that He created us to also display this, as a way of showing us something about Himself?
Another question that I am considering as I read, is "Women look to be far more emotional than men; does Scripture indicate that this is so?" And you know what? I don't think it is! Maybe it's different in your Bible, (I rather doubt it), but the men on the pages in mine seem to be passionate in the extreme. They love, hate, worry, and fear quite a lot. You have King David as a prime example, what with all his poetry and music. But he's not the only example, not by a long shot.
Even Jesus, who is displayed in the Ultimate Sacrifice; what He does there is referred to as the "Passion." We're told that He does that "for the joy set before Him."
Emotion is such a large part of each event in my day, save, perhaps, scrubbing toilets and washing laundry. I am thrilled to find that my mind naturally defaults to amusement or delight. Part of that is personality, of course, and mine makes it easier. But there's more to it than that, I think.
How frequently does despair or fear touch the fringes of life? Too often, I confess. I wish it were otherwise. But I do see, from this study of mine, that you and I have some responsibility to control the material which impacts those associations in our mind and heart. "Garbage in, garbage out," as they say. It's where we choose to focus. What am I allowing myself to ruminate on, to dwell on within the confines of my thoughts? The answer to that question plays an integral part in the emotional impact upon me of those events in my day.
Will I crack-up?
Or will I crack?
I suppose that depends upon what I've trained my mind to do.