❉TRY SOMETHING YOU'RE GOOD AT FOR A CHANGE❉

The question that haunts most teenagers and some adults that I know is this: What do you want to be when you grow up? 


Most parents, teachers, friends, insert the name of any opinionated person here, have something to say in response.  Parents push their children to consider med school or to take up engineering or any number of professions that come with a fat pay check. Friends push each other into like professions so they can combine work with social time. Husbands push their wives to get a "real job" or to quit working all together. I think occasionally people forget that if they are asking the question then they are not to be answering the question. It makes me wonder, do they really want to know what goals that person has set for themselves or by asking are they simply supplying themselves with an opportunity to insert their own opinion?


 Lets face it, you can't tell a bird to be a fish. A bird can never be a fish. We won't all grow up to be doctors or lawyers... some will grow up to be cowboys, and darn good ones at that. 


I spent most of my teen and adult life trying to be something I wasn't. I did not polish my talents or sharpen the skills I was given. I set them aside to get rusty. I went to college, changed my major a dozen times or more, never finding just the right fit. I tried and tried to be all of the things my parents and friends told me I should be or could be. Where did it get me? Miserable, alone, and not knowing who I was created to be. 


I had a wake up call... A bright neon sign began to flash in my head. It read, You are gifted and talented for a reason dummy, use that stuff I have built into you! If you cultivate the gifts and talents God gives you and the passions he writes on your heart, then you have found your way! That is the answer to the question! What do I want to be when I grow up? The person God has created to be, and I am going use every talent He has given me and I won't be miserable, and I won't be a failure, and I won't be alone, and I won't be sorry. I will be who I am and that will be good enough. It will also be what I am good at :)


When is the last time you pursued your passion? How often do you use your gifts and talents? Try something you're good at for a change.