A near miss with the Taj Mahal

I was in Agra recently for some work. The work I was there for took longer than expected though. I must have been 4 kms from the Taj Mahal.
I had vowed that if I was going there, I would see it. But then, what happened?
I was tired. I was with other colleagues. I couldn't go.
It's ironic though. Only recently had a begun to watch the Nat Geo documentary on the Secrets of the Taj. It was beautifully done I thought. The tale of a charming king Shah Jahan and his beautiful wife Mumtaz, their story... finally encompassed in marble.
I don't think there are love stories like that out there anymore. These days there are things to be said for love marriages and arranged marriages. Does anyone pursue their passion anymore?
Do you like to do what you did before?
It becomes difficult after a point to handle the pressures of work with the need to pursue your passion.
But what makes a human being different from an ordinary living thing?
It is the spirit of humanity and the presence of being that makes us different. We can appreciate the power of poetry, the beauty of our surroundings, the need to immortalize. We create beauty and try and preserve it. We go on treks, we make pictures, we draw, we sing.
Man, I wish I'd seen the Taj again. Last time I saw it was four years ago.