I do agree with you, Shamou, that one can simply decide to be passionate about something or someone. After all, we do have control over our reality, so if that's something you want to do, then you can simply make it so. And that would definitely not be faking it.
However, I'm not sure that most people would know how to do that, and would actually be faking it if they tried.
I have a little sticky note posted above my monitor which has been there awhile that says "change your script" which is to remind me to try to think about the things that irk me, in a new light (a paradigm shift if you will). It does work when I remember to do it.
For instance, if there are things about a person that annoy you, once you see things from their perspective and why they do/say what they do/say, often times you'll see that that person may actually be very passionate about what they're doing. And that's a good thing, not a bad thing. You just have to change your own reaction to it and it will no longer be annoying! (Slightly offtopic, but somewhat similar.)
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