What were you for Halloween?

A lot of children go as what they’d like to be when they grow up. (For adults, we often go as what we wish we’d become when we grew up.)  I got to thinking about that and came up with several possibilities:

• A tennis star. But I already dress like that every time I play tennis.  I have several Nike outfits and shoes from the Federer collection.  In fact, I use the same exact racquet, strung with the same guage strings at the same tension as my tennis hero (Wilson natural gut and Luxilon Power Rough hybrid).  I get to live out my dream of being a tennis star about twice a week.  No halloween needed!
• A musical artist. But I already dress like that at concerts.  For example, when I go to the Dove Awards, I dress like the rest of the guys there…  I have to tone it down a little bit for Sunday morning worship, but I still get to live out my dream of playing and singing in front of folks every week!  No Halloween needed!

Most of the things I wanted to be in life are actually part of my life. That’s a great feeling.  No need to pretend.  No need to long for a better future someday.  No discontentment.  Many of my goals and dreams became reality.

But there is still one thing I still lack: I never became a doctor… and I never grew an afro.

I guess I’ll be content to keep pretending on that front for a while!

What do you want to be when you grow up?

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