Are you the person you wanted to be when you grew up?
I could first challenge whether I'm really grown up. I still laugh at farts. Laughing at farts is not a grown-up behavior.
I remember being 3, or 5, or 16, and thinking about who I wanted to be when I grew up. Back then it was simple: cowboy, rock star, fireman, doctor, lawyer, president. The sky was the limit and the job's name was its description.
I'm not the person I wanted to be when I grew up, but when I was growing up I didn't know that who I am now was even possible. I didn't know that you could be someone who wasn't defined by their job, or that you could still have hopes, dreams, and ideals at my age.
The goal now is not to be who I wanted to grow up to be back when the world was simpler. The goal now is to be the person I can be happy being... not merely content, but happy... and I'm pretty darn close.
How about you?
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I like you. 'Cause you think about stuff like this, and you didn't shut off your brain once you left school.
When I was little, I figured anything I wanted to be would just never happen because I wanted it too much. And then some things I wanted and worked for actually happened. Huh. Things have turned out better than I thought.