What do I want to be when I grow up?

// March 12th, 2010 // Life

The more people my age I talk to, the more I realize none of us know what we want to be when we grow up. I can’t really speak for whether that was or still is true of the generations that came before us, although, I would guess it is. What does differentiate our generation is not just our discontent with the rat race and the corporate ladder, but our willingness to reject it and find our own path. Our generation is turning to community service, philanthropy and social entrepreneurship to fill all the needs and desires that money, power and all the goodies that came along with them couldn’t fill. And while I’m excited to see my generation turn to things I consider to be more morally upright, I won’t we be surprised at all if they find their new pursuits equally unfulfilling in the end. So I just have to wonder when we will stop turning to things of this world and start turning to God.

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2 Responses to “What do I want to be when I grow up?”

  1. katdish says:
    March 12, 2010 at 7:02 pm

    Let me know when you figure that one out. It's a constant struggle not to put other things before God. And it's really quite ridiculous knowing that will never bring peace yet still continue doing it.

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  2. Candy says:
    March 14, 2010 at 2:44 pm

    I don't want to discourage you from deciding what you want to be when you grow up, because look at the difference in our ages and I certainly haven't decided. But I've also decided it doesn't matter. I think my generation has taken on a lot of the characteristics of yours as we get closer to that inevitable time of leaving this earth. We try desperately to stop the clock that's ticking, grasping on to the things of this world. I've found no comfort in that, only Him.

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