What to be

             At dinner the other night, my oldest boy Nicholas said that by eighth grade, kids have to know what they want to be when they graduate high school. I kind of laughed, and was  about to explain to him that no one knows what they want to be at that age ,when he said " I'm serious".
            I started thinking about what I hope he will be as he travels forward..
               I would wish him to learn all those things that piques his curiosity, those personnel  questions that are so different in all of us, but are present in everyone.
    For some it is art, others it is in music or physics or for some it is even fishing. I hope that he finds those answers and I hope every answered question creates new unanswered ones.
          I hope he finds the love of a good woman he will call his wife and knows the security of a soulmate. I pray he knows the joy of his children's laughter and maintains that feeling of Gods unconditional love. I wish he cherishes the blessing of great old and new friends...
              He is speaking about career and I am talking about something completely different. There are some who manage to combine the two, but most of us, I think excell in one area or the other. I am sure there are some that are equealy good at the office and at home, but usually the heart of a man only lives in one of those two places.
                 The age old question of whether to work to live or live to work is one of  the most important  he will ever have to answer because it will define him. An old friend advised me long ago that I would either live as I believed or would end up believing as I lived.
       My beliefs today define me.
            Today I believe my greatest treasures are my God and my family. I like my job on most days but it is by no means an unquenchable love affair. I would miss it if it disappeared, but would just start looking for another one. Most of what I do at work is the same as in any of a thousand other places. It would just be a change of location...
          I suppose what I am saying is that I wish him to BE a good man and that I hope he learns a trade he likes and HAS a good career. I doubt right now he can see the difference but hopefully, thru experience and and minimal tumbles, he eventually will.