Teachers and parents always ask us what we want to do when we grow up. They so casually ask a question that will define the rest of our lives. So what do we tell them? We tell them our dreams: astronaut, President, ballerina...very few people end up doing these things. Especially, the President one. Our dreams change so often as the year's progress; I wanted to be a ballerina, phychologist, choreographer, writer, and English teacher. Who knows if I'll end up doing any of these things? Only time will tell. Dreaming so big, our hopes are crushed as we realize that we won't be able to be a dancer if we have no rythm. A track star if we aren't a fast runner. An astronaut if we don't have 20/20 vision.
My mother is the epitome of aiming low; she wanted to be a trash collector. A garbage man. They don't even offer a major for it in college. Eventually she changed her mind as all kids do, and she decided she wanted to be a florist. I'm sure that her flower arrangements would have been beautiful if she chose to pursue that as a full time career. When she went to college, she wanted to be a journalist. She had wanted that for years. In the end she decided to do something that she knew would be a guaranteed job. Nursing. Four years passed by as she studied how to take care of others. After she got out of college, she got a job as a RN and discovered that it was her passion all along. Thirty one years later she says, "I can't imagine doing anything else."
I'm not telling you that you shouldn't go for your dreams, but I think that you should dream realistically so that you aren't disappointed. Disappointment is probably one of the worst feelings you could ever experience. Be who you want to be because you can. All I'm saying is that you might want to give some thought to the things that factor in. Not everything in life will go your way, and sometimes that can be a blessing in disguise. When thinking about your future, think about what you're good at and what you love to do. Because loving what you is the most important part.
My mother is the epitome of aiming low; she wanted to be a trash collector. A garbage man. They don't even offer a major for it in college. Eventually she changed her mind as all kids do, and she decided she wanted to be a florist. I'm sure that her flower arrangements would have been beautiful if she chose to pursue that as a full time career. When she went to college, she wanted to be a journalist. She had wanted that for years. In the end she decided to do something that she knew would be a guaranteed job. Nursing. Four years passed by as she studied how to take care of others. After she got out of college, she got a job as a RN and discovered that it was her passion all along. Thirty one years later she says, "I can't imagine doing anything else."
I'm not telling you that you shouldn't go for your dreams, but I think that you should dream realistically so that you aren't disappointed. Disappointment is probably one of the worst feelings you could ever experience. Be who you want to be because you can. All I'm saying is that you might want to give some thought to the things that factor in. Not everything in life will go your way, and sometimes that can be a blessing in disguise. When thinking about your future, think about what you're good at and what you love to do. Because loving what you is the most important part.