If You Can, Do What You Love

 if there is already something you do often simply because you love it – but more than that, because you are compelled to, then pay attention to it. Don’t dismiss it as a mere hobby. Don’t think you’d rather be something else more glamorous, more prestigious, or more respectable. Don’t let anyone talk you out of it. Don’t let you talk you out of it. I can’t say enough how much I admire those who, at a young age, possess an unwavering certainty of who they are and who they want to be, and who set out with every step to get closer to their dream. I have always wanted to write, but when others steered me gently elsewhere, I lacked the conviction to stay on my own true path, to insist.

Emily Ding-If You Can, Do What You Love