When I was little I fell in love with aeroplanes. Desperately wanted to fly but for several reasons couldn't. By the time I got to do it I wasn't in love with aeroplanes any more. Perhaps this is what you get for 25 years working with them.
I fly because I love being up there looking down. I often feel like I'm the only one up there, even when it's a busy day on the radio or in the ciruit. I'm forever telling passengers to look at a particular cloud formation, or the way the light is falling on a hill or whatever, and forever getting the feeling that they don't see what I'm seeing.