Here's something interesting that I have seen...

I have a grouping of family and even some friends that have awesome ideas on what I should do with my life and my time and what will make me happy...awesome according to them that is.

My mom, on the rare occasions that she watches tele, will see various commercials for medical transcriptionists, or PA assistants, medical legal aides and the like. Pause, am I smart-sure I suppose I am, am I capable of being a Dr or someone in the medical field-possibly. I have had a great deal of success doing medical research and earning a BS in psychology; does that mean that I want to go into the medical field...No. I means that is what I did in school.

I love the medical field and research in theory. Occasionally I will do it to help out someone or as a part of my article writing or other writing related work. It is not, however, an appropriate representation of what I want to do forever, just because I am good at it. I might be a great brain surgeon, mother, astronaut, or sous chef...it doesn't mean that I will do any of these things or be happy doing any of these things.

I've come to realize that people tend to support you IF they are comfortable with what you chose to do. If you agree to their ideals then it is a perfect world for them and they will back you and push you and make you the center of their universe. As soon as you decide that you would rather do something else with your life then the support is gone. Almost leaving you to wonder...AM I doing the right thing(s)?

It has always baffled me that people want to or feel the need to dictate others. As soon as you leave that tiny area of security that they have allotted to you all of a sudden you 'can't' just go after what you'd like to. Those things don't make sense anymore.

Truthfully I'd rather have people just leave me alone if it came right down to it. Since I am going after something they clearly don't understand and can't believe in then let me go and do as I want. That what life is all about. Doing your best to achieve the dream for your life. I'm not telling or even asking for someone to believe in my life's dream...just respect it and leave me alone if you don't share in that dream.

I'm not going off track, not when I see so clearly what I want and my path to it. The mission for happiness continues.