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<blockquote data-quote="spinozajack" data-source="post: 6639526" data-attributes="member: 6794198">Agree 100%. It's a sad state of affairs if you're a person without any passion, and there is no objective reason why your love, your career, your legacy, your contributions, the books on your shelf, should be any more important to you than your hobbies. People often say on this website, &quot;it's just a game&quot;, which is a different way of them saying, it's not a way of life for them. They haven't internalized a level of importance to this hobby that living without it would leave a serious void that would be hard to replace (even with videogames or other RPGs). Good for them. But they don't get to decide what's an appropriate level of passion to feel about something. Perspective is a good thing to have, but I would never judge someone for looking more forward to a weekly night of D&amp;D than coming home to a nagging wife and mortgage bills and disrespectful brats. If you want the ugly truth, happiness is often found in the little things, those times spent out of the real world. I don't say this for myself, I'm perfectly content in every way, but I have lived through hardship and my various passions including D&amp;D have helped take my mind off it and made me yearn for the next adventure. I owe those passions my sanity and success.I once had a listless friend (who is rather super successful now), constantly just smoking doobies and not getting excited about much. He once remarked to me, when I showed excitement and enthusiasm for a certain DJ coming to town that I was going to dance to with friends (this was in my early 20s), and he said he was jealous when he saw that kind of passion that had left him. Eventually it returned, but it's a precious thing, so hold on to it when you have it, and never let people belittle that. Passion is what makes life worth living. It's what makes you excited to be alive, and forget everything else. What can be more important than that? Without that, you're on a creek without a paddle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="spinozajack, post: 6639526, member: 6794198"] Agree 100%. It's a sad state of affairs if you're a person without any passion, and there is no objective reason why your love, your career, your legacy, your contributions, the books on your shelf, should be any more important to you than your hobbies. People often say on this website, "it's just a game", which is a different way of them saying, it's not a way of life for them. They haven't internalized a level of importance to this hobby that living without it would leave a serious void that would be hard to replace (even with videogames or other RPGs). Good for them. But they don't get to decide what's an appropriate level of passion to feel about something. Perspective is a good thing to have, but I would never judge someone for looking more forward to a weekly night of D&D than coming home to a nagging wife and mortgage bills and disrespectful brats. If you want the ugly truth, happiness is often found in the little things, those times spent out of the real world. I don't say this for myself, I'm perfectly content in every way, but I have lived through hardship and my various passions including D&D have helped take my mind off it and made me yearn for the next adventure. I owe those passions my sanity and success. I once had a listless friend (who is rather super successful now), constantly just smoking doobies and not getting excited about much. He once remarked to me, when I showed excitement and enthusiasm for a certain DJ coming to town that I was going to dance to with friends (this was in my early 20s), and he said he was jealous when he saw that kind of passion that had left him. Eventually it returned, but it's a precious thing, so hold on to it when you have it, and never let people belittle that. Passion is what makes life worth living. It's what makes you excited to be alive, and forget everything else. What can be more important than that? Without that, you're on a creek without a paddle. [/QUOTE]

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