Well that wasn't where I was expecting that post to go.

Passion is what drives the world. Can you imagine how Michelangelo's David would have turned out without that emotion driving it? It would have looked remarkably like a stone. And Frankenstein! Mary Shelley had something to prove writing that! All of our great works of art and literature have come from passion.

The best we can do - as you indicate - is learn from ourselves and find a way to make ourselves better day to day.