"you only need to apologize if you aren't following your love and passion."

Or maybe you are trying to stay alive in a war torn country, or figure out how to keep your family from starving.

Let's all keep in mind that the possibility of "following your love and passion" is only available to a privileged minority of human beings on this planet.

(Not directed specifically at you, but to point out an unstated premise behind the article and many of the comments here.)