They say, "Wherever you go, there you are." I'd like to add, "and so follow your object relations." When I went to medical school for my family, I unwittingly melded medicine and family together. Only after I left, could I see the two as separate, make peace, and gratefully love them both. 

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Turns out, owning a sense of self kinda matters. 

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Life was "... not so clear to me as I have for a long time imagined." Thanks to Rousseau, I've seen my motivations for what they are: obscured by the lies of my whys... until I'm ready to see the truth. 

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I went to medical school to secure my family's love. I found out what love really is while becoming a psychiatrist. And ultimately, I left medicine to put that love into practice.

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Good days deceive. Bad days reveal. Thanks to my dad, I remembered the difference. 

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The only way to live a life without regrets is to have regrets. Regret is where our story starts... as I came to understand this week by watching The Devil Wears Prada.

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Sometimes, I just simply do not know what's best for me. 

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I wasn't one for the jungle gym. I'm a kickball guy. I knew that once, it's just taken me awhile to remember it. 

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To play the game, the battle to figure out who we are, we have to pay the cost of admission. House rules. 

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