Meditation: A Lifelong Passion

When did you decide that meditation would be your lifelong passion? I didn't really start studying in earnest where I could say that I had a devoted practice. Both my parents were Christian growing up and my mom, more so, I think my dad's religion was more like Marxism by that point. But yeah, we never really grew up with any kind of sense of spirituality or religion,. which is maybe what sent my brother searching and also sent me seeking other meaning.