Passion {zeal; conviction; heart-desire; propensity} is something we all possess; it came as part of the package. 
Thus, it is something we cannot create or some how muster up and promote. Certainly it is not an attribute to be achieved or fabricated by imitation — following a leader or a cookie-cutter how-to guide.
Like a magnet, each passion is attracted to specific people and situations, careers and hobbies. Our passion(s) can be messy. Life can feel {or become} complicated when we have to pull away elements of what we were attracted in order to refine a more passion-specific path.
But in the midst of the mess and uncertainty, our passion(s) remain. Because passion is something we all possess; it came as part of the package.
To pursue {quest for; go after; hunt for; actively search for} cannot be confused with merely following after. Pursuit is proactive and white-hot …
Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
