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I didn't get "the dream", which for unknown reasons solely focused on a career (what I wanted to be when I grew up). The dream was at various times to be a vet, a fireman, a professional athlete, and a teacher.
When I was younger, I never gave tremendous thought to who I would share the other aspects of my life with....finding that answer dramatically reshaped what I wanted to do. I met someone I wanted to marry and build a life with.....making what I did less important than the quality of life it afforded me. I don't mean money, although certain practicalities become more important with a wife and child, but more accurately, what the job did for my quality of life.
I chose my wife because I loved her. I chose my job because it made me happy and was a steady and dependable income. My life has become less about major achievements, saving the world, or fame.....and has become more about the infinite little things that keep us moving forward......being able to provide for my family, making it home before my son goes to sleep, knowing how to make him (and my wife) laugh, and going to bed knowing that I am fighting the good fight.
I didn't get my dream. But my dream was replaced with something different.
Keep plugging away Jad. May the next one be the best and last one.
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