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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your question rubs me the wrong way, OP. Instead of contributing something useful to society, you want to be part of an exclusive group, regardless of which one it is? DH and I are research scientists who work in cancer research. The people I most admire have always been the people who serve humanity through their profession or their volunteer work. Teachers, nurses, managers of soup kitchens or animal shelters, specialists who risk their lives working for Doctors Without Borders on the frontlines of war. My cousin, who works for an organization building refugee camps for Syrians in North Africa. Such people, as a group, have my entire admiration and respect.[/quote] I'm glad you have ways of meeting your community needs. I do not. I am absolutely, 100% alone. It's devastated my mental health. Your insistence that I don't deserve both community and being of use to society rubs me the wrong way. [/quote] No, we're clearly getting the message that the usual volunteering circuit is beneath you and that you "want to be part of an exclusive community"! You realize that you cited extremely challenging professions - military, major league baseball and college athletics - none of which are accessible to you at this time? You seem to suffer from delusions of grandeur. I know people in middle age who have embarked on marvelous adventures (sailing around the world, climbing the world's highest peaks, starting an entirely new career), but these people had a goal centered around a passion. They knew what they wanted, fundraised, prepared for years. They didn't expend considerable energy and effort doing what they did "to be part of something larger than themselves". Their focus was narrow and intense. You're not going anywhere with that attitude.[/quote] I never said it was beneath me. I said it's not something that will fill this particular need - I've already been a GAL in three different states![/quote]
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