becoming a person

Friends, family and patients often talk about what they want to be. “I want to be rich. I want to write a book. I want to be a better parent.” Children are often asked by their parents, “What do you want to be when you grow up? I think there’s a better way to approach the subject. Why not ask, “What do you want to become when you grow up.”  It is so easy to get involved in wanting to be that one loses sight of the processing of becoming. For if people don’t find the joy in becoming they’ll never be who they want to be.