"People with a passion with nothing are the ones who are content to lead an ordinary life. They are the ones who can grow up, go to school, get married, get a good job, buy a house in the suburbs, raise children and grandchildren and die utterly content with their lives." This isn't quite fair. This describes people who are passionate about their family, their wives, their children. Maybe passionate about home repair…
There does exist people who are passionate about family but I argue this is a seperate category from people who merely have a family. That you think of it this way is a reflection of you understandif the world through the lens of someone with passion. The "so what" of this piece is precisely to point out these misunderstandings.