''...When we are young, there can be a tendency to experience anxiety about standing out or about being different from everyone else. Hopefully as we get older, we begin to recognise that what is different about us, also defines us. It provides us with a better understanding of who we are and what we bring to the world. In my own experience I have also found that the older I get, the more impressed I have become by other peoples’ passions. Their commitment to and enthusiasm for a particular hobby is charming, precisely because it is often unique to them...''
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