What I will be 20 years from now or who will I be is
merely only a wish. I could be an astronaut for all that matter. The important
question is what I did during the 20 years to reach and accomplish the dream.
Who I am doesn't matter unless I know how I became that person. I could be a millionaire
with a million questions on how I did it. Those 20 years will show what I did
or what I didn't do to become who I am. I can only see one possible way to make
that wish happen. First of all, what is a wish? A wish is a desire not yet
accomplished. So what do I have to do to make it happen? Just start with
anything and see where it brings you? Easier said than done, right? Life is
full of surprises, good things happen for a reason and bad things happen for an
even better reason. All we can do is take hold of it and go with it, trying to
fight it only makes life harder. The only possible way to make that wish happen
is to make plans, plans for the future, plans for a better life, plans to reach
that wish no matter what at all costs. I rather be a poor, unsuccessful, happy,
full of life, man 20 years from now than to be a rich, successful, sad,
depressed man. What will I do after I graduate? I have a wish to take my MBA
but again, it’s only a wish. The true question always goes back to how I will
make that wish happen. Well, I know this isn't what my professor asked for, but
who am I to know who I will be 20 years from now? I can’t read the future, I’m
not a psychic. All I can do is work on the present and do what I can to make my
wishes happen. But again, life may or may not go as planned, so I try not to dwell
too much on my future life nor my past but dwell only on the present. Words
from the Dalai Lama say, “Man surprised me most
about humanity. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then
he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about
the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does
not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die,
and then dies having never really lived.” Therefore, we should not dwell so
much on the future nor past but focus on the present. Life is short, enjoy it. The
future is not here yet and the past is already done, what I do today determines
who I am 20 years from now.
