What do you want to be in 5 years?

 Recently I watched the Kissing Booth 2 (a really good movie by the way) and one of the lines that really stuck with me was 'What do you want to be in 5 years". In the movie, the main characters answer was this...

"In five years I want to be my brother’s joy. I want to be my dad’s love and my mom’s warmth. In five years I want to be Rachel’s kindness. I want to be Noah’s courage and his mom’s wisdom. But most of all, I want to be my best friend’s laughter. All those things together is who I want to be in five years.

I’m far from perfect and a long way from knowing everything. But I do know enough to be the very best parts of the people I know best. I only hope that someday I will be."

This got me thinking about who I have been, who I am now and who I will be in the future. It makes me question what I want and who I want to be. There is one thing I do know for sure though, is that I want to be happy. If nothing else works out I want to be happy. I want to wake up each morning and be excited for the day ahead. Whether it's spent doing the job I love or traveling or explore the local neighborhood. I want to find excitement and happiness and in the mundane. I also know that I want to make a change in the world. To make it a better place for those after me. All these things are only a small portion of what I want to be in 5 years because in reality, I don't have everything figured out no matter how much I try to convince myself I do but that's ok. I don't need to have everything figured out, as long as I am happy and making the best of each opportunity I am given. 

So, what do you want to be in 5 years? If you know, that is great! but stay open to change, and if you don't know then that is ok too. 











A Little House Plant 🌱

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