For the most part wisdom comes in chips rather than blocks. You have to be willing to gather them constantly, and from sources you never imagined to be probable. No one chip gives you the answer for everything. No one chip stays in the same place throughout your entire life. The secret is to keep adding voices, adding ideas, and moving things around as you put together your life. If you’re lucky, putting together your life is a process that will last through every single day you’re alive. Ann Patchett
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The idea is that you should not be afraid to try different things. You are always learning new things about yourself and the world. You are capable of doing many different things in order to learn more about yourself and how to be a better person. So, when you are in middle school, you may be good at one thing but in high school you may be better at something else. For example, in high school I was very good at math but in college I realized I had a knack for foreign languages.

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