HOW Did You Want to be When You Grew Up?

June 9, 2015

HOW Did You Want to be When You Grew Up?

I know I thought about WHAT I wanted to be, but did I think about HOW I wanted to be? It’s a good question and maybe it’s a question we should keep asking ourselves. And, if you have kids, even grown ones, keep asking them too.

Me at 11: Well, I’ll be a psychologist, children’s psychologist–because, that seems good.

Me at 15: Well, I’ll be famous, an actress, but on Broadway–not Hollywood, and people will love me and pay me lots of money. And I’ll have my picture taken all the time. And eat out a lot. And I’ll have long shiny hair.

Me at 18: I’ll take classes aimed at psychology AND try out for the theater.

I’m sure I thought I’d still be a good person–but only in the broadest sense of the term.

How did I want to be?

I think it’s a question we should start asking ourselves every morning:
How do I want to be…today?
Someone people trust, someone who laughs a lot, someone who sees the good…

Be intentional about it and show up with it wherever you’re going.

Today I want to be attentive. In the moment, aware of everything around me–other’s needs as well as my own.

Showing up. Almost as good as a standing ovation.

So tell me, how do you want to be today?

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4 responses to “HOW Did You Want to be When You Grew Up?”

Jenny Hansen

June 11, 2015

I think this is a wonderful question! I think at a young age. I was too busy surviving to worry about the how. My answer was usually, “NOT homeless.” Nowadays, I think we can do anything as long as we’re kind. I place a great deal of importance on kindness – there’s far too little of it in the world these days.

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1. amyskennedy
  
  June 12, 2015
  
  Oh Jenny, your answer touched me. I think of all the kids I see day in and day out at the library, and I’m pretty sure all they’re worried about is what am I going to eat? But I love your answer for now: kind. Beautiful
  
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  1. Jenny Hansen
    
    June 12, 2015
    
    That has to break your heart to know the kids you support there are running around hungry. No child should have to be hungry. I’m happy to say I never was, but things were often uncertain and chaotic.
    
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amyskennedy

June 12, 2015

The city of Minneapolis has a great program in the summer–food trucks for free lunches for kids! So, that’s something–a start at least.

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