Do any of us really feel like grownups? I don't, most of the time.
I'm always astonished that they let me pretend to teach impressionable young people anything! And always doubtful that I have accomplished anything at the end of the quarter.
And my level of shock when a bank actually agreed to lend me enough money to buy a house was beyond measure!
Don't be impressed by apparent adulthood: most of us are just faking it from one minute to the next, with more or less success.
I still feel like I'm 17, or 12, half the time. ... I had to visit several high schools in the past month, representing UCR, and just being back on a high school campus gave me the jimjams. Maybe we never really get over thinking we're kids, about to be picked on in the locker room.
There's more to life than financial success or being published, and if you're even more or less at peace with yourself, you've got it made.
Rin
Alex Melnick <aemelnick_at_...> wrote:
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Received on 2009-05-08 10:56:32