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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Rick Julian who wrote (84786)8/3/2000 10:10:42 PM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
I've tried it both ways. I've tried to raise children on a pittance while pursuing a dream that was, in retrospect, largely masturbatory. And I've tried doing what I'm doing now, doing work for which I have no special affection, but which allows me to work at home and allows my family to enjoy the same kind of comforts and opportunities that other people worked their butts off to provide for me when I was young. The household is a much happier one now.

I cannot imagine looking my son in the eye, as he reached an age to apply for colleges, and telling him that his choices were limited because he had been forced to attend second-rate elementary and high schools. I cannot imagine telling him that his life's options would be limited because my dream was more important than his future. So I spend large sums to send him to the best school I could find. He loves it, and he's happy there. That alone makes it worth every cent. That's not just a material trapping. That's life.

Don't get me wrong - if he decides he doesn't want to college at all, that's fine. But my job is to be sure that as many options as possible are open to him.

Putting your life on the line in order to do the right thing is often not dramatic.

Very few of us can pursue our dreams and still earn enough to do the right thing for our families. That doesn't mean we're living life halfway, or even necessarily being conservative. Some of us even find that our dreams change as we do, and that the changes are for the better.
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