Our interest in what we were doing together became our passion. I asked her to admit me, to be respected by me, to be my passion. Many animal trainers think love is irrelevant to their work. Not many think passion is. It is a difficulty of language.
Elephants have no word for love.
I think getting close to your gods means trust, interest and passion. Some people call this faith. I call it being broken. Living with elephants broke me. Out of the Woods by Chris Offutt.