What do you want to be when you grow up?
Sometimes I wonder if anyone around me really knows or ever remembers what I ultimately want out of life. Per the world’s standards, it would appear that I have everything that anyone should want. I have a college degree, a career in which I have excelled and make fairly good money, a home, an SUV, no debt with the exception of my home, time and means to travel wherever the wind carries me, tons of friends, and lots of toys and extras. Don’t get me wrong, I am so extremely grateful for all the opportunities and blessings that have been given to me in this time of my life, but it is never what I dreamed for myself.
Saturday a friend came over to talk about some stuff happening in her life. During the few hours that she was there, she shared some compliments with me that a mutual guy friend had shared with her concerning me. He told her that one of the most impressive things that he saw in me was that I would give up everything, everything to be a wife and a mom. That he knew I was doing the things that I was and had the things I had because I did it out of survival, not out of choice. He stated that I was choosing to better myself and to make the most out of everything that was given to me, but that the opportunity to have the career I most desired had not presented itself in my life yet it hadn’t slowed me down.
What an amazing compliment and how wonderful to know that some realize that I really would give up the things that world sees as being important for the things that I know are eternally important. When I grow up I want to be a wife and a mom that stays home and makes a home that is comfortable and a safety zone from the world for my family. I don’t need lots of money, for anything. I need an eternal companion and with him, together we can get through and make the best of anything else that is dealt to us. That is what I dream of and that is why I continue to work hard at what I am currently involved in achieving. I never want to look back and realize that I haven’t done something just because at the time I wanted something different. It is all about learning and growing in the situation that we are in and being patient enough to wait for other things to happen.
Sometimes I wonder if anyone around me really knows or ever remembers what I ultimately want out of life. Per the world’s standards, it would appear that I have everything that anyone should want. I have a college degree, a career in which I have excelled and make fairly good money, a home, an SUV, no debt with the exception of my home, time and means to travel wherever the wind carries me, tons of friends, and lots of toys and extras. Don’t get me wrong, I am so extremely grateful for all the opportunities and blessings that have been given to me in this time of my life, but it is never what I dreamed for myself.
Saturday a friend came over to talk about some stuff happening in her life. During the few hours that she was there, she shared some compliments with me that a mutual guy friend had shared with her concerning me. He told her that one of the most impressive things that he saw in me was that I would give up everything, everything to be a wife and a mom. That he knew I was doing the things that I was and had the things I had because I did it out of survival, not out of choice. He stated that I was choosing to better myself and to make the most out of everything that was given to me, but that the opportunity to have the career I most desired had not presented itself in my life yet it hadn’t slowed me down.
What an amazing compliment and how wonderful to know that some realize that I really would give up the things that world sees as being important for the things that I know are eternally important. When I grow up I want to be a wife and a mom that stays home and makes a home that is comfortable and a safety zone from the world for my family. I don’t need lots of money, for anything. I need an eternal companion and with him, together we can get through and make the best of anything else that is dealt to us. That is what I dream of and that is why I continue to work hard at what I am currently involved in achieving. I never want to look back and realize that I haven’t done something just because at the time I wanted something different. It is all about learning and growing in the situation that we are in and being patient enough to wait for other things to happen.
posted by B at
3:21 PM
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ARC23, At
5:35 PM
One thing I definatly know about you is the fact that nothing would get in the way of the things you feel are the most important. I think it is an amazing quality. One that more people should have. You have the ability to see things from a perspective that I wish I could see from in my impatience. You are an outstanding example to me. Thank you.
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Sarah, At
1:01 PM
JRA, I've also seen some of what the mutual guy friend described--just sayin'. As we used to be fond of saying in the good ol' days: you're RAD!
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MDJ, At
1:30 AM
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