The Last Crusade

The age old question asked of children is what they want to be when they grow up.

My answer to that question changed a multitude of times over the years....for a very long time I would say Indiana Jones....no , not one of the girls that came in and out of his adventures...no, I wanted to be him. I mean, seriously, he had the life: travel and adventure, that allowed him to walk with an air of unassuming bad-assness.

Now in my world of meetings and appointments and corporate calendars, I wish someone would ask me now what I want to be when I grow up. What would my answer be? Free, I want to be free. Free to live life fully, to have the travel and adventure I long for, to be in control of my time and my future, to pursue things I love, to surround myself with those that mean so much to me and invest in them to the degree I long to. I want to wake up each day with a heart full of passion to embrace the day ahead. But I find that the pressure of a job even if you love it (which I usually do), the burden of financial responsibility and the deadlines that we are held to by the various people in authority in our lives, keep us from knowing true freedom.

So the question remains of how to get there: how do you create a life in which you can experience complete freedom. When the life you lead is the life you desire. I'm not sure yet. But I intend on making it my grown-up goal to find out. And you will know I found it if you see me walking with that unassuming air of bad-assness....