The Person...

"Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be"
-DBSK

Wow that I have to agree. Maybe that's why they are this successful. Now my boys have given me something to write about. It's not the first time I have talked about this. Sometime back, I have talked about this topic with a couple of friends.

I came to realise that amongst most people I know, there seems to be a differentiation between who we want to be, meant to be and can be. For example, I wanted to be a dancer but this doesn't mean that I was meant to be and can be. I am okay with it because maybe I was meant to be someone else. It is when the three are aligned that a person will feel fulfilled, happy and achieve the extraordinary.

Subconsciously, I realise people spend their lives trying to find the person they were meant to be and in the process come to see what they want and can be. The issue is that the answer doesn't come easily and even when it does, people don't necessarily take the steps to become what they were meant to be. It's like seeing the destination but taking a different road.

I like to think that if a person was meant to be something, he or she would be blessed with certain qualities to realise it. Even perseverence is a talent. It's a matter of realising it and wanting it. Someone may have be meant to be an award winning musician and have talent in it but stops himself from wanting it because it is not practical. The three are not aligned and thats when you see doctors and lawyers turn musicians at night or on weekends. Sure they would and can be very successful in the paths they choose but that missing bit would always be there. I had a friend who gave up his profitable medical practice to study music because he finally decided this was who he really wanted to be.

Have you found the person you were truly meant to be, want to be and can be?