Life Goal

 "What do you want to be when you are older?" and "What are your life goals?" These are questions every teenager is asked millions of times over.  This is my response:

I aspire to be warmth. To be kindness, to give joy to the people around me. To be happy. I aspire to be the embodiment of  of a sunbathed day that smells of sunscreen and sticky cherry Popsicle.

I aspire to be the color yellow; reminiscent of sunflowers, stars, and the little, half-goofy smiley face stickers we would get as little kids when we shared with a friend, or got an A on a spelling test.

 I want to remind people of those days when noses would be pink and numb from playing in the snow, then become warm and tingly  through laughter, and  a mug of hot cocoa in a heavily mitten-ed hand.

I want to be complete understanding and empathy to everyone I meet. The person to go to when you just want to be listened to, or to be accepted without question.

I want to learn for the sake of learning; new languages, new instruments, new philosophical viewpoints, and new skills for life. I want to be well-rounded and well-minded.

I want to be a wildflower. Wild, unapologetic and  authentic, yet  the source of the sweetest honey. Surrounded by a hundred bees, hard working and resilient.

 I aspire to be a muse, for myself and my ideas, or to help  other's artistic endeavors. A character in a novel, an idea for a poem, a personality for a painting; The reason for paint splattered clothing, a smile, and  creative growth.


I aspire to be starlight on a frigid winter night. The calm warmth that can be spotted through a million icy miles.

 I aspire to be an old photograph; Faded blurred lines, but crystal clear recognizable personality, humanity, and morality.

This is my Life goal; To be warmth, to be happy, and to be kind.