What do you want to be when you are older?

I am interested by this question…

I’m interested because of the underlying message, of which I see the negatives exhibited frequently in my day to day life. This question in particular instils the idea that you are not who, or what, you want to be.

Sure… the intention of the question is good willed, with intentions to be motivate and to give purpose. But for what?

Lets imagine we answer this question and eventually become this older, more desired, you.

In theory, you’re now a better you, you now have what was once merelydesired… But are you really a better you?

You are still you.

And whats more, you are only a ‘better’ you from the perspective of yourself, when you were were not the you, that you are now.

You will still have desires, you will still want. You will still aspire to be someone you are not, or to have something that you do not.

And the funny thing about this is, the cycle is infinite, human beings are programmed to desire, it is how we give ourselves (the illusion of) purpose.

The other thing about desire is that it doesn’t lead anywhere you haven’t been before. Think about your own life, you have already wanted, you have already gained, you have experienced what it is like to have a desire of yours fulfilled. Changing the object of desire does not change the emotion of desire.

Once a desire is fulfilled, there is no need for it to be desired anymore, and hence, will become normal.

And this is why I’m conflicted.

I’m conflicted because on one hand this question, and the outcomes, inspire and motivate. But on the other it instils, consciously or sub consciously, an idea that you, are not the you, you ought to be, and in my opinion thats quite concerning.

The undeniable truth, is that you are exactly who you ought to be. For whatever reason, you are where you are now, reading this, as the incredibleyou that has come to be, the you that is… Forget the you that will be, forget the you that has been, appreciate the you that you are now, because the truth is, thats only you that is.

Appreciate the things you have, at least as much as you desire the things you don’t.