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What do you want to do when you grow up?

What do you want to do when you grow up?

The other day I asked my youngest son what he wanted to do when he grew up. He stopped to think, answered, and then, to my surprise, turned the question back on me. "What about you, Mom? What would you like to do?" It had been a long time since anyone had opened that window for me. I thought for a moment and then replied enthusiastically: "That's a great question!"

To what extent, as we run through life, can we stop and think if there is something we would like to do that is being postponed, forgotten, or that we don't even give a chance to even arise as a possibility?

I remember the year my generation applied to higher education. The admissions averages for some programs were so high that many students ended up enrolling in fields that weren't their first choice.

At the same time, finding a job has become increasingly difficult, and many graduates have been forced to abandon their dreams to accept a stable and secure opportunity.

This is how we find graduates from a wide range of fields developing work very different from what they would like or are suited for. When I meet someone in this situation, I wonder where the dreams they nurtured throughout their youth have gone and how they adapted to the point where they no longer demand more from life.

As children, we feel free to dream and believe that in the future we can become whatever we want. Anything is possible when we still don't know the rules, demands, and contours of adult life.

When the time comes to realize the dreams we've nurtured for years, for one reason or another, we end up postponing and setting them aside, until they wither and fade, eventually falling into oblivion. Ultimately, without us realizing it, this choice can lead to an apathetic, pale, and functional life. We wake up to fulfill obligations, but without any spark. We adapt. And we complain a lot: about our boss, our colleagues, our country, our salaries, deductions, excessive workload, and our schedules. Often without considering the heart of the matter: what would we really like to do now that we've grown up?

It's not just work dreams that are forgotten. It's life dreams!

It's important to be able to daydream, dreams that can be realized, and not abandon, belittle, or ignore the dreams and desires we harbor, living in a kind of straitjacket disguised as security—woven, in fact, from fear. We must respect and nurture our dreams, letting them continue to shine within us, because they are precisely what distinguish us from others and allow us to build a meaningful life.

Jornal Sol

Jornal Sol

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