"What do you want to be when you grow up?" As children, the answer was usually career based and it usually winds up being what our parents did, or becoming a movie or a rock star, etc.  What it didn't include was the "How do you want to be"? idea. 

We work diligently at our jobs, tend to our families and hopefully on occasion enjoy our hobbies, but it still does not answer the question.  It is my opinion that "How you want to be" is just as important as "What do you want to be", because it speaks to the inner person and not the things we do on a day to day basis.  It proves the theory that what we do does not define us.

One of my favorite quotes is " All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough." by Anna Quindlen. I believe the only way to get is to give back. Call it karma, call it do-good, call it gratitude, but it's a theory that has worked for me time and time again.

So..."How do you want to be when you grow up?"