![]() ![]() ![]() Let me reassure you that I was in a similar state at your age. Reading your letter responding to my poem "Move" touched me deeply, I sympathize so much with your sense that the "stream" of your very early sense of vocation (zookeeper or paleontologist?) "dried up" and that at present you haven't figured out what your destiny is, and you think you should have done so by now. A journey that ends only with the warm embrace of certainty. I want to travel just as you say in your poem. How do I know I am in the “right spot?” So many options fill the mouths of counselors in their lectures concerning colleges and careers. I crave that breath that you wonderfully described, a breath that assembles itself to produce the perfect sound. Those creeping career decisions loom over me constantly. It bothers me not knowing my future and having such trouble figuring it out. How can I go into the world with an open mind and be sure I’ll find what’s right for me? But I can’t help but question the reliability of your message. So I wonder, how much did you have figured out in high school? Were you aware of your destiny? Did you see yourself as one of the salmon, effortlessly soaring up stream, or were you as confused as I am? Did you even envy those steady turtles as they dug their nests with purpose, just as I do? Your poem reassures me that I don’t really need to have my path paved for me yet, that I need to live comfortably in my current state. I was raised thinking the right choice for me was impossible unless I had that early start. Her dreams of going to culinary school never ceased and she now excels in cooking of all sorts. My neighbor had it all figured out by then. Never kept up with those dreams because I never felt any potential in them. In kindergarten, I wanted to be a zookeeper or a paleontologist. I felt a connection to “Move,” not only for its turtle imagery, but also for its prospect of hope. My mind is constantly plagued with the thought that I won’t get that perfect career and life that everyone strives for. ![]()
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