About passion and purpose..

"Most of us have been taught to approach work as though the requirements of our souls are superfluous or peripheral to the real business of living. The body demands food and sex; the ego, attention. The emotions want security; the mind knowledge. In the market society we live in, money is in one way or another tied to the fulfillment of all of these aims. Most our lives, we are chasing food, sex, attention, knowledge, security, and -most of all- money. Without the real engagement of our souls, all this can seem quite empty as the years go by. For the soul too has its demands."

-Boldt, from Zen and the Art of Making a Living