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Originally Posted by StuZero
Thats not true at all.
Parents should and will love their children unconditionally, that does not mean that they should or will suspend reality and lend their full support to a child who is obviously failing in life.
He's alive and happy and living his dream, that's pretty successful IMO. I went to graduate school in science, got all the best scholarships, could have got a number of very well paid secure jobs. Instead I got into poker so I can do what elbow is doing for the rest of my life. The thought of being stuck in the same old job and living in the same home, in the same town for life makes me ill.
You see I have the courage to go against the norm. When I finally accepted I was not going to get a science job it was because I admitted to myself I was miserable. Most of the day to day work in chemistry is tedious just like any job. So I asked myself, why do I truly want to do this? The true answer I realized at this point was 100% low self esteem and the intense desire to have approval and respect from others. Once I realized this I decided right then that I wasn't going to live another day of my life worried about what others thought about me.
I'm a strong believer that the time makes the man not the other way around. Meaning that if I don't continue in synthetic chemistry, others will fill my shoes. Cures for cancer will still be found. I'm not so arrogant to believe the world depended on little old me for that.
Why should I live in a cold grey country that has good weather only 2/12 months of the year when I know perfectly well that I get very depressed when deprived of sun for long periods of time? I live my life to be happy, that's all that matters. When you're dead you can't take a penny of it with you. When you're old all you have is your memories and your character and your relationships and your joy. If there is some kind of after life it is this enhancement to your spirit that you can take with you.
/rant