"Those things that you can love are out there, and your first job is to find them. And that, in itself, is a dangerous task, and it can be a long and excruciating one. But then ÐÐwhat do you do? Because discovering what you love is just the beginning—that doesn't solve anything either. I mean, it doesn't solve the issues of your life. Once you find the things you can love, you've got to get to know them so that you can preserve them and live them and fight for them, and so you do not compromise them, no matter what. You don't sell them out and you don't sell yourself out. And that, too, is only going to make our life harder. Much. So why do it?

Because the best and most dangerous task is to nurture what you love, without any hope of reward. To keep what you love alive, and keep the thing in you that loves alive so that you can hand on the things you love to those who come next—even if that's just one person. You give the things you love all you have and all you are, because that, in itself, passes them down to someone, maybe someone you don't know and aren't even aware of. Because in a chaotic time, the end of which we cannot imagine, the important thing is to pass on what we love, so that somebody, someday, after this Great Madness has played itself out, will be able to have it and use it and add it to the world.

"Maybe that calmer day isn't coming; but maybe it is. And if there's any chance at all that it is, then we can't fail that day. We have to give all we love to that day. And I'll say again that there are no material rewards for this. It's dangerous, it'll get you into trouble and screw your bank accountÐÐbut it's the best job you can ever have. No matter what your profession may turn out to be, what I'm talking about is your job. And if you take on that job, every day will count. And if you don't, every day of your life will be wasted." -MV