Finding Goals in Life

Everyone has a goal in their life that they wish they could achieve. It's important to have dreams and hopes, it makes life worth living. It doesn't matter how small or big your dreams are or even if you make them come true. I think sometimes people forget about what their dreams were when they were kids. What did you want to be when you grew up? What kinds of things did you wish you could do?

I can remember wishing that someday I would become a veterinarian, a journalist, archaeologist or a marine biologist. It was fun to think what was in outer space, what creatures were undiscovered in the ocean and jungle, or what it would have been like to have lived a hundred or thousand years ago. I always loved to help all the stray animals I could find, or write silly stories and poems, and I have always loved the ocean. Unfortunately, I have not become any of those things. However, I have become something far more important, a mother to two happy boys, who I love more than anything in the world. I knew I always wanted to have a family and be a mother, but until you actually become one, you have no idea that you can love someone so much.

You may have goals that are related to your family, financial success, career, traveling, or doing something exotic. I for one don't dream of going skydiving or climbing some huge mountain, I am too afraid of heights. My dreams are far simpler, I would like to own a house someday, be a "soccer mom", and maybe retire on some gorgeous beach somewhere. Although, I will probably change my mind on that one once I have grandchildren.