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Passion comes from the Latin deponent verb patior: to suffer, undergo, endure. (Whence the phrase 'Passion of Christ,' which doesn't mean 'Jesus was passionate about stuff.')

Anyway, there are a whole host of value assumptions built into that "healthy" word you're waving around. If I'm passionate about painting and don't care about having a family, then I'm going to paint. I'm not obligated to have a family just because it's a social norm.

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""" If I'm passionate about painting and don't care about having a family, then I'm going to paint. I'm not obligated to have a family just because it's a social norm."""

And this attitude is exactly what the parent commenter was ranting about.

Especially if you DO have a family, and it's more like "I don't have to care for my family over my business just because it's a social norm".

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