My Gosh, it's only diving. If you miss the baptism, you may regret it.
But, more importantly, If you give up your passion for something you both know you don't "need" or "want";
you will regret it. You'll end up a shell, nothing but a shell. The shell of a bitter little man, cursing the day you let yourself become the martyr, the martyr for some slob who had no cause more meaningful than taking from you what you enjoy most in your life, the life you struggled for, the life for which you were born. A life others could only dream of... All in the futile attempt to please someone who cannot be pleased, but with what, the pain and dillusionment of others? ....I say dive, dam you, dive;
dive that we may not be...
Brought to you by caffine; the drug of choice.
PS I think I'd go diving.
Any coffee left?