Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.
By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical encumbrances, the subjects that I wanted to pursue in college.
Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.