risks

It's not because of my age, or the it's "too late" part. It's the perception. I thought that by just being here, quitting the usual "career path" and doing something different, that I'm different - that I'm taking risks an average person wouldn't do. But apparently, for him, it's nothing. I didn't know there are groups of people who'd never even bother talking to civilians. And me? I've never been in a war. I've been brought up with pop culture and MTV. Just like any normal person my age, I guess; even though I think I'm better off than most people I've met because I've been exposed and self-educated with some real stuff - good literature, music, and ideas. I know what's crap, and what's great. I read books that are far more than just for entertainment. I thought that was enough. But for him, it's nothing.

According to a chinese proverb, he said, "to be an adult, a person should have experienced these 3 things - poverty, war, and love." So I'm practically an infant then, if that's the definition of adulthood.

> thanks sir denis! you're a mentor through and through. :) yes, i won't believe in everything he says - to each his own, i guess. although the fact remains that he was a psychologist in the west, and he fought in the middle east. i insisted that he tells me his own conclusion of my life, and he did say that he broke every rule of the profession for that.