Is it possible to live like this?
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0.000 HBDIs it possible to live like this?
<html> <p><img src="https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/20992888_1930612963860622_3056478499804620691_n.jpg?oh=1ea7f7119ea96b677bad1fb2cd451079&oe=5A1A9886" width="960" height="720"/></p> <p>My good friend told me that it is impossible to live like I do.</p> <p>We were sitting in his splendid house, when I brought him for signature the testimonials of my graduate students' dissertations. It is really a magnificent huge house. He lives in it alone with two cats and a dog. This dog, an ordinary mongrel, he took from the street and I respect him for this. </p> <p>The dog, whose name is Kubik, did not leave me for a second. A friend of mine said:</p> <p>- I see this for the first time. He does not behave like this with anyone.</p> <p>- He feels that I understand him. After all, I spend almost all my time with the dogs.</p> <p>- How many do you have?</p> <p>- Fourteen.</p> <p>- Fourteen? How much do you spend on them?</p> <p>- Almost everything that we earn.</p> <p>And then he said:</p> <p>- But you understand that it's impossible to live like this?</p> <p>But I did not understand. I did not understand why it's impossible to live like this. After all, you can not always take from life, once you need to start giving. </p> <p>In my life there was a lot of good and interesting. From the very beginning, I had a good career. At twenty-six I was already deputy director of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Justice. I traveled half the world. I represented my country in international organizations. It was an interesting and useful experience.</p> <p>Then I defended my doctoral thesis, became PhD and began teaching at the University. And there I was also successful. And I really thought that career and social success are important.</p> <p>And then my mother fell ill. It was sudden. She fell and hit her head. And nothing helped - money, contacts, social status, everything turned out to be powerless. Six months we fought for her life, but my mother left us on August 16, 2007. On my father's birthday.</p> <p>It was a shock. And this was the very moment when I realized that everything for which I so desperately struggled, all these posts and titles have no value. I just had to communicate with her more, but it always seemed to me that we still have a lot of time. And suddenly it became clear that there was no more time.</p> <p>It was then that I realized that I want to do what I really want to do, and not what is socially approved, fashionable or prestigious. Because my life is also passing.</p> <p>I often hear reproaches, why I help animals and not people. Well, firstly, people, except for small children and mentally ill, make their own choice. Secondly, even the state in which I live, still cares about people. But animals are powerless and helpless. It's hard for me to explain what depths of despair I see in every homeless dog's fate. In the end, this is my choice and I do not have to explain it.</p> <p>I understand that I can not help everyone. But I will do what I do as much as I can. Was it worth my successful career? I think yes. In the end, there are many other people who will do fine with what I did. </p> <p>Is it possible to live like this? It is quite possible. In the end, career, material wealth, social status - it's just a social cliche. We came to this world naked and we will leave it also naked.</p> </html>
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