Every Child Cannot Be What They Want to be!

A child who is taught from a very young age that he can be anything he wants to be learns to fantasize more than planning his life based on rational thinking.

Fantasy causes irrational thinking. It creates pictures in one's mind of grandiosity rather than what is doable.

When a child received praise for no other reason than his lofty view of his own abilities, he/she tends to be satisfied with the thoughts alone. The actual plan to work out the actions that will be taken are not even necessary.

We cannot do anything we want. God has given us each particular qualities, bents and talents that are uniquely ours. I will never be a nuclear engineer or a CEO of a company. Its not in my DNA to be able to do these jobs.

Pretense is not very valuable. Pretending we can do something that is not our talent is nothing more than fantasy and future faking. Every human being ought to be taught to ask God what their talents are as well as direction to pursue those talents.

Pretending we can be whatever comes to our mind is the same mentality that the prosperity preachers foist on those who love to have their ears tickled. The praise for having lofty ideas is enough for the dreamers, often they have no intention of pursuing the training necessary to develop the ideas. Also lets remember that far fewer people who attend college institutions should be there. Trade skills are worthy occupations. Even the street sweepers who clear away the rubbish should be thanked when they do a job diligently. We need all vocations, not just the "elevated" ones.

Because our culture has trained young people they should be exalted and pursue lofty high paying jobs, many of the young people are actually convinced they will only start at the top. The idea that they should work in a lowly position until they become adept at that to work their way up the ladder, is unthinkable to those who live this fantasy life, its all in their head.

Some young people expect to be supported by their parents into their 30's and 40's. They fail at life for lack of a reasonable and rational plan and return home to Mom and Dad's to suck resources off of them. If Mom and Dad say no to their demands they have a tantrum withdrawing love to punish them.

Thankfully this is not most young people today, but it is far too many. Perhaps we ought to speak more about developing the talent within us rather than suggesting that every person should aspire to the professions of doctor or lawyer.

Just saying!!!!