神童放棄拉比之路：can't run from who we are

We can't run from who we are.

我們逃不開自己是誰。 run from 把“本性”寫成追在身後的東西，短句像結論，也像認命。

I knew I could never be a rabbi.

我知道自己永遠當不了拉比。 could never 不是“不想”，而是認清極限；把家族期待和個人真相放進一句。

My father never spoke to me again.

父親從此再沒和我說過話。 never...again 兩個時間詞把決裂拉成一輩子，句子卻平得像在報事實。

My parents were destroyed, devastated by my decision.

父母被我的決定擊垮了，徹底垮了。 destroyed 與 devastated 連著砸下，把抽象決定寫成對父母的實體打擊，冷靜卻重。

If you had to do it all over again, would you make the same choices?

如果讓你從頭再來一次，你還會做同樣的選擇嗎？ 虛擬條件加 would，把一生的後悔變成一道平靜的假設題。