Post #9: Happy

(Wednesday, February 8, 2012)      

      What I want to be when I grow up. A question I’ve been asked a million different ways in my short sixteen years of life. John Lennon once said, “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy”. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” I believe he was right.

      People make all these plans for life and they don’t even take into consideration anymore that life ends unexpectedly. They make these illusions that one might live forever, by creating long term plans that include years and years of study or of traveling. My goal is to be an Emergentologist, Orthopedic Doctor or an Anesthesiologist. But when preparing or planning for my goal I had not considered if my happiness was really being looked out for. I believe that I am taking into consideration my happiness but I was not aware of this before. One only lives once and, because of it, happiness should always be the first option. It should be the first option in any type of decision one might consider pursuing. For example, from friends and family to a more personal type of relationship like a boyfriend or husband, on should always use both your heart and your brain to make decisions. Use the heart to decide which idea to consider for the decision-making and your brain to decipher how to do it correctly. To be happy should be what we all want to be when we grow up.