In this way, we see how obsession is a natural human state. It doesn't become a “problem” until a parent, caretaker, teacher—and eventually, society as a whole—begins suppressing this fixation. They often make the child feel as if his or her commitment to a goal is wrong rather than something natural and very right! At this point, many children begin to assume that their intense interest in life and discovery—their innate commitment to be fully engaged—is somehow wrong or unnatural. They have essentially been bullied by others—who have long ago given up on their own obsessions—in order to
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