I'm What ?!?

What's the difference between being "over-zealous" and "Passionate"? I have been accused and hailed as both. See if you can follow me..... There have been times that I have had an idea or a vision or a purpose that I shared with other people. The ones who liked it said..."Wow, Your passionate Jon!" I have also heard others say... "well you might be overzealous." Which is it? This doesn't just end with me. I have heard people make statements that I deemed "way too over-zealous" then I hear someone else turn around and deem and anoint the person as being "passionate". I have had terrible ideas and there has been no doubt that I have been overzealous... but who decides that. I have had my passion severely dampened by people who seen things differently and were hyper-spiritual, who seemed to have a firmer grasp on spiritual reality, who sought to bring me back to earth with "sensible criticism". Though God has always provided me with people who's sole purpose in life was to keep me in reality (at least it seemed that way at the time)... is it possible that this is one of those rare subjects that can be "subjective"? Was Simon Peter passionate or overzealous when he walked on Water? some might say...."Overzealous!!! he sunk!!!!" I say, or rather ask, "when have you ever walked on water?" Nobody ever accused him of being overzealous when he preached on the day of Pentecost except for the people who couldn't spiritually discern and simply surmised that he and the others were "Drunk". I believe Only God knows whether we are purely driven by passion for Him or are we driven by a zeal that is delusional. I have seen delusional people proclaimed as being "passionate".

Let's make a deal....just because an idea or a vision or a mission seems ridiculous or motivated by impure motives, can we not do the easy thing and label each other as over-zealous?