To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

Richard Whately
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Your ruling passion is the subject of all your thoughts, actions, and aspirations. As you learn to recognize it, you will have no trouble knowing what to do if it ever disappears. You are living by this passion, so if it goes away, you will know that you are wasting your life. It is difficult to fall in love with something that is not real.

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