Dear Strawberry:

Following are quotes from your share and my comments:

You wrote, “I can’t derive that satisfaction when doctors save lives, or a teacher changing the life of a kid gone astray”. Having been in schools for many years, I have seen lots of jaded teachers, teachers making time till retirement, holding on because of the great benefits, paid vacations and good salary. I don’t know if there is a workplace with a higher percentage of jaded employees.

You wrote, “I always feel I wanted to do more to make some impact one day but I don’t know how… to inspire people… to make big impact.. to benefit people in need”- I think this is a key, right here. We all need to feel that we are making a difference in other people’s lives. You too need this experience. Question is, like you wrote, how.

“I miss .. being young and not worrying about future”- I think you want to look forward to something positive when you wake up in the morning, not the same old, same old. You want to be motivated by something exciting, not by worries and that you are tired of being responsible without an emotional reward to it. It is living so things don’t get worse, not living for something good. Am I understanding correctly?

If I am, can you close your eyes, when you are relaxed, maybe listening to your favorite music, or lying under the sun, and imagine what kind of life you would like to live, if all options were available to you, no limits to your imagining, and then share it here?

anita