Discovery of passion

I was lazing on a couch at a coffee joint and reading a book, sipping on my usual strawberry milk shake - "no eye scream" , its 4:30 in the afternoon..Suddenly a warm male voice greeted me "Hello,Good morning" - I looked up and asked "me?" - a pleasant looking gentleman in his mid 60s with a smiling face was sipping on his cup of cappuccino while he was looking at me. He smiled and said "yes lady, i m speaking to you" - the warmth in his voice was very welcoming and I was naturally driven to a conversation with this gentleman.. the natural way of taking a conversation forward is to ask "so, where do u stay" , in my turn of asking the question, Jay (thats his name) answered - "here, close by , New York City" .. amusing as it was, we took the discussion forward and co-incidentally he revealed his son works with the same firm as I do in the United States.. again, naturally our conversation took its natural course to the Indian work culture and the work culture in the West and the differences etc!! .. he was smiling again and passed another interesting statement "I am not working not for last 31 years, i m living my passion" .. he added, "i come and spend 3 days with my parents, thrice a month" ... this time i was drawn into absolute inquisition and i asked - "so, what do you do ? you retired" .. Jay answers - "i fly those little jumbo jets, i m an airline pilot" and Goshhhh that was more than enough for me to close my book and engage in an "intense" discussion with him .. Jay, who had been a finance personnel working with HP in the States, having realized his passion for flying, gave up his job there, got into a flying school and started as a pilot in his early 20s.. he said he had to cut his pay to 1/4th of what he was getting paid , but then at the end of the year, that was more fulfilling as he was "living his passion" .. hearing about my extended working hours and the stress i undergo, he asked me "gurl, whats your passion?" .. Now, i was found myself so dumb to have found no answer for a while !! .. My mind was wandering all around and still could not stop at a place which identifies my passion - that was a shock.. what surprised me was the places where my mind had been halting were tagged "groceries", "cleaning", "reports", "conference calls", "investments", "savings" and the list goes on .. haha .. Jay helped me at this stage a bit .. he started talking about his passion ,he spoke about his office - he gets to see the huge expanse of the sky , mother earth in her best appearance , the pacific , the Atlantic, the Western Ghats, the Alps and all what can fascinate you and takes you in a world full of dreams and colors stealthily :) ... wowwwwwww, Jay's office is in the air , he does not have a mobile phone or internet over there, he sips on a cup of coffee and enjoys the panorama .... he has the liberty of meeting new people every time he flies ... he listen to music, talk to people "no business" stuff and what not ... and what fascinates more is that he has no targets ... Jay mentioned " i do what gives me real happiness" ... "Jayyyy, this fascinates me, you look like a star to me" I almost shout like a child :) .. he flies 12 days a month and rest of the days are leisure ... he doesnt find his work stressful as he can see the sky full of stars on starry nights, he experiences the thrill of thunder while navigating through cloudy skies , he enjoys the blue ether and the oceans below during the day ... n the beautiful faces around certainly add to the charm (he didnt mention that though).. Jay speaks again , "tell me three things you will enjoy doing given you do not have any constraint of earning money or any other factor ...." Jay relaxes and sips on his coffee ... i again take a deep plunge in my ocean of thoughts "what do I like to do ? " .. my heart sinks !!!!! .. My thoughts hold my hand and take me back to my childhood... i sing..i love singing ... i love dancing .. i use to feel like dancing to the tunes of any good music ... ohhh i used to paint - make designs , stitching , knitting and so many things ... but whats my passion ? ... " .. i was trying to discover my passion..in a while my husband arrived and I got busy introducing him to Jay :) ... I did mention to Jay about a couple of things which look like my passion :) .. he left it to my discovery and mentioned life never lets us down in pursuing our passion ... I am extremely fascinated to meet Airline captain Jay who flies Jumbo jets , but what fascinates me more is the seed of discovering my passion he sowed in me ... In our hectic urban lives, we somehow get in the entanglements of activities of life which we call "urgent", "important" etc and lose on an entire life leaving behind our passion ... how about you ? can you just close your eyes and immediately speak about your passion ? .. If not , why dont you spend some time in the discovery - trust me you will enjoy every moment of the discovery time :) ....