Responsibility above passion

Was talking to dweller last night on msn, haven’t met him for a couple of years. Always been a really good pal to talk to. As usual with “long time no see” friends, asked how’s life etc etc… and came to this conversation about the future. What it means to us people here, then came the topic about passion. Haven’t you ever asked what your passion is… and whether it would lead to anything? Reminded me about my passion for pool as well.

Sadly, its true that in Singapore, certain passions don’t really bring about much practicality. You have to believe that most of us who live and breathe the air here, are people who put money as a very high priority. So… does that mean we give up our passions altogether? Some do, some don’t. And those who do give up their passions to pursue responsibilities, more than often regain the chance to go back to their passion. But I guess in other countries its a lot more possible…

Dweller shared with me this saying from one of his older, successful friends, “Passion is to indulge, after responsibility is fulfilled.” And I couldn’t agree with him more. It’d be so much wiser, to earn the ability to indulge in passion, then we can indulge without any other worry. Have to admit that this truth holds a lot of strength indeed.