What make you start painting?

Hi,there
 Is it because you took to the brush when you were a kid? Do you paint to only satisfy yourself? Do you paint to earn a living? I think the original intention of picking up a brush was different. I touched the brush is a accident, under the guidance of the art teacher, I complete the first painting for someone as a gift by myself. Then I realize how art expresses the deep core…, how art translates the message. I find that there is a way we like to express our feeling? Does painting make us understand the life better? The answer will be sure.