These are the sort of questions to which the answers change as we change. They must be open ended because as we grow and learn more about ourselves, the answers get better as well. They suit our present state. We think they speak of our future but it can only refer to our...
My aunt asked me what I wanted to be when I was about 3. Being Catholic I said I was going to be a saint. I was on the way by wanting to be a nun. (I liked the robes) Now I am a witch, have been for 20 years plus and I still get to wear robes.
You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel.
So true. Even now I sometimes find myself falling into that trap of asking myself, "Why didn't I become a lawyer or a doctor? Does it mean I've failed?" Does this mean I've led a bad life? Far from it. I have travelled. I have helped others. I have l...
I think that this is a really interesting thought. I am at that time in my life where I am dealing with those kinds of questions. Maybe altering my mindframe a bit by asking different questions will help set me on the path best for me =)
I've wasted a lifetime asking myself that question. I've wasted the same life trying to be what what acceptable and expected of me. I did this quite poorly. I was never true to myself-or anyone else for that matter. Then I thought...What the heck am I doing?
I couldn't agree more! For many years, being asked this question has done little more than leave me depressed and disappointed in myself. I think back to all of the things I wished to be when I got older, and could count on one fingerless hand (not my own) how many of...
I agree. The question "What kind of person do you want to be" seems like it would lead to a much more open-hearted
outcome. It also focuses so much more on the journey, the process, and even the moment. Whereas I can't be a doctor tomorrow...
I agree with
jimbob
