Fractal Lives - by Jeff Leopando - The Effortless Path

I remember my answer: a geologist. As a young boy, I was fascinated by rocks, metals and precious stones. I also loved collecting and organizing things. Maybe I sensed that a career centered on classification as the vehicle for exploring and understanding the world would be a good fit for me. In the end though, like most, I pursued a different path. We don’t really take kids’ answers to this question too seriously. After all, what do they know? Asking the question is more like a fun, whimsical game adults play. A way to catch a glimpse into the enigmatic workings of one of the most precious and mysterious things in our world - a child’s mind. The older I get, the more I’ve come to regard children with a measure of awe and envy. A child, it seems to me, is a human being at the apex of their time-journey on earth. They are like the Alpine skier who stands at the summit of life, surveying the landscape and preparing to carve a path down the mountain. Countless possible routes lie at their

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