Bringing passions to life

My sister's vineyard in St. Helena

My sister's family moved six hours away from the place they called home to start living their dreams of becoming grape growers. For years, they have been making wines from their home and have been spending a lot of time exploring Napa. They introduced our family to wine tasting, wine appreciation, and wine collecting. I learned almost everything I know about wine from her husband. 

When people ask what I am passionate about, I get stumped and end up saying common and obvious topics like food, travel, law, or books. Surely, there is interest, but to say I am passionate about them is more like describing my exposure than my burning desire. Can I abandon everything in pursuit of mastering any of them? Do I intentionally seek them for self-actualization rather than for pastime? Are they a must-have or a nice-to-have in my life? As stoics would say, we become what we give our attention to and where we put our attention is our life. Having said that, I guess it is natural and inevitable that my sister and her husband become vignerons. 

I would love to live in my own coffee estate or pomelo orchard someday. However, apart from drinking coffee on a daily basis and giving pomelos as pasalubong, I have not really made any effort to bring them into my life at a conscious level. I do not obsess over farming or living the rural life. I am scared of leaving my comfort zone called corporate life. I am clearly not passionate about them. But seeing my sister take this bold step in her life makes me excited about unraveling my own passions and pursuing them with courage and joy.