True to Who I Am

So this is another Tag I have put off far too long, but it sure is fun...

From my friend Marilyn:

How do you stay true to YOU?

This seemed to come up as a theme in tonight's book club. We read Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. Someone mentioned that her sister once told her that one way to stay true to yourself through the years is to pick 5 alternate careers you would have chosen had you not done what you are currently doing, been able to get married, or had kids. (Don't think too hard about the day in day out realities of the career choice or something that is necessarily practical.) Just allow yourself to dream for a few moments... Then take these career choices a step further and incorporate them into your life now somehow. These are aspects of your personality and need to be embraced. No matter where you are at in your life, you need to have dreams and faith in yourself. If I were to choose five right now in my life they would be...

1. Marine Biologist: I love ocean life in all it's forms. I would love to study plant and animal life found there- in a way it still seems mysterious and foreign. I love learning about the different ways so many of these creatures have adapted to meet the needs of living in their particular enviornments.

2. Professional Dancer: I don't know if it would be ballroom or not, but just the creativity and artistic character of it all. I love music and I love to move to it. I would also love to teach.

3. Mountain bum: I don't know if you can count this as a career, but it might have been fun for a while. Just to be a ski instructor during the winter and then a raft/rappelling/mountaineering guide in the summer. I mean, how free and close to nature can you get? (This also implies that it is far away from worldliness). And I would for sure have my Harley with me!

4. Psychologist/Therapist: There is something about helping people change their lives forever. You are giving them tools to make their own choices and be better people (almost another way of sharing the gospel), but I don't know if I could really handle all the sadness that comes with it.

5. Fitness Coach/Trainer: in all of it's varieties. It would be wonderful to help people learn how to strengthen their bodies and maximize their potential. I love to help people learn about ways to do it better and more efficiently and helping them become more (or do more) than they ever thought they could do.

TAG... You are IT! What alternate careers would you choose? They don't have to be in order just go for it. Also, make sure to add a little description as to why! If you've read mine you have to write yours. I don't want any excuses. Come on, it is not that hard.