You've faced horrors in these past weeks... I don't know which is worse. The terror you feel the first time you witness such things, or the numbness that comes after it starts to become ordinary.
Since then I__e come to believe you don__ always have to use things you love, and it__ not always so practical to be so practical. Now that I__e grown up, I realize that all that delicious dilettantism pays its way as much as any degree in medicine or engineering, by making me remember every day__henever I pick up a book or watch the Science Channel or try to read a map of Asia for no particular reason__hat life is amazing and there is no end to the wonder of it.
Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams
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Since then I__e come to believe you don__ always have to use things you love, and it__ not always so practical to be so practical. Now that I__e grown up, I realize that all that delicious dilettantism pays its way as much as any degree in medicine or engineering, by making me remember every day__henever I pick up a book or watch the Science Channel or try to read a map of Asia for no particular reason__hat life is amazing and there is no end to the wonder of it.
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