Quote of the Day

It is not now and never was in anybody's best interest for you to be a seeker.  It's actually in everybody's worst interest.  It's not convenient for the family.  It may make them feel superficial and expendable.  You may end up looking nutty and unfocused, which does not reflect well on them.  And you may also reveal awkward family secrets, like that your parents were insane, or that they probably should have raised Yorkies instead of human children.  Your little search for meaning may keep you from going as far at your school or your company as you might otherwise have gone, if you had had a single-minded devotion to getting ahead.  Success shows the world what you're made of, and that your parents were right to all but destroy you to foster this excellence.

-- Anne Lamott, Stitches, p. 24-25