"what do you want to be
when you grow up?"
My sister always says that adults ask little kids that question because they are looking for a good idea for themselves. ;)
Personally, I absolutely love being a graphic designer, and wouldn't want to give that up. But there are so many other things I would love to do (write screenplays, teach children, nurse people back to health, write books, go into the peace corp., work for hospice, be a painter or a poet). I know this sounds selfish, but sometimes I wish I had three of four lives to live, because there is so much i want to do.
But the other day I was talking to a good friend of mine about college--I was asking her what she wanted to major in, and what she wanted to "be." And she responded with an answer that intrigued me. She said,
"I don't know what I want to be....
I just know I want to be 'light'."
Be light...
what a beautiful idea.... and I can honestly say that I know people who really are "light." They are the kind that just radiate love, and hope, and goodness. When they talk to you, they look you right in the eye and make you feel like they deeply care about what is going on in your life. They pay attention to the people that others overlook. They would give you the shirt off their back (even if it was their only one). They know how to bring peace into a tense situation. They are friends with the homeless and the hurting.... and their love of life is absolutely contagious.
I love those people. They truly are light.
But I also know that the most beautiful things I have seen in other people, are reflected light from a brighter source.
Personally, I absolutely love being a graphic designer, and wouldn't want to give that up. But there are so many other things I would love to do (write screenplays, teach children, nurse people back to health, write books, go into the peace corp., work for hospice, be a painter or a poet). I know this sounds selfish, but sometimes I wish I had three of four lives to live, because there is so much i want to do.
But the other day I was talking to a good friend of mine about college--I was asking her what she wanted to major in, and what she wanted to "be." And she responded with an answer that intrigued me. She said,
"I don't know what I want to be....
I just know I want to be 'light'."
Be light...
what a beautiful idea.... and I can honestly say that I know people who really are "light." They are the kind that just radiate love, and hope, and goodness. When they talk to you, they look you right in the eye and make you feel like they deeply care about what is going on in your life. They pay attention to the people that others overlook. They would give you the shirt off their back (even if it was their only one). They know how to bring peace into a tense situation. They are friends with the homeless and the hurting.... and their love of life is absolutely contagious.
I love those people. They truly are light.
But I also know that the most beautiful things I have seen in other people, are reflected light from a brighter source.
posted by cindi at 7:50 PM
3 Comments:
I always thought that i wanted to be a dolphin or killer whale when i was little (even though I dressed up as a cat four years in a row for Halloween...a whale costume would just be...well...big)....little did I know that going through some weird physical transformation into some spash-making, sqeak sqeaking-jumping-through-hoops-or-freaking-surfers-out animal was just not an option.
Darn.
Anyways, heres the transition:
1) age 5, ballerina
2)ages 5-12, that whole dolphin whale deal
3)ages 12-20, marine vet (I wasn't giving up yet)
4)ages 20- to now...a person who throws, drips, and pushes paint around. :)
Anyways, hope your doing well!
Aubs... I love this!... and I think you would be a great dolphin. Its beautiful how children have such a wide view of the possibilities. I thought you could change your ethnicity... I wanted to be Japanese when I grew up... not quite the stretch as your trans-species dreams.... ;) but we are dreamers, none the less...
Hi
Greetings from India.
Quite a nice feeling I had reading your blog. It reminded me of my days of "deciding-what-to-be" and, in retrospect, I can say many good things do happen in life without contemplation, or maybe with some bit of unconscious action.
Thanks for your post.
Sincerely
Nanda
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