Dream

“When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.  I wrote down ‘happy.’  They said I didn’t understand the assignment.  I told them they didn’t understand life.”

-          John Lennon

If you look at the big picture, this statement could not be truer.  How many people do you know who are not happy?  How many divorced?  How many in a midlife crisis?  There is a common phrase, “Do what you love and you will never work a day in your life.”  I feel that this quote also applies here.  Both my parents gave up on their dreams; one for a boy and the other for money.  Now, they are both middle-aged, with two teenage kids, and a dog.  They are second guessing.  My mother went back to school to get her nursing degree.  She is different than the new generation.  She cares.  She is not there because it is an easy job that pays decently.  She is there because she wants to be.  When go with her to work, the residents tell stories of how caring she is; they make me cry.  My dad always wanted to be a teacher, but his father convinced him not to, telling him that it wouldn't pay well and he needed to support a family.  Well, he’s going back to school for his degree now.  When he visited a classroom for the challenged, he told us stories of how he would work with one child until they had figured something out, but when he went bad the next day, she had forgotten.  He works so well with these children.  So do what you love.  Don’t back down.  Don’t give up.  I’m rooting for you…for all of you who have dreams.  

Go get it.