In kindergarten， my class wasasked，

In kindergarten， my class wasasked， ”What do you want to be whenyou grow up?”Crayons danced acrosssheets of paper to illustrate our dreamjobs.Our drawings were hungin thehallway for our parents to see at Backto School Night.I remember lookingdown the line and seeing pictures ofballet dancers dancing， firefightersputting out a big fire， and spacemenleaping across the moon—jobs thatwere seen as typical dreams of five-year-olds.My picture showed a stickfigurewith brown hair holding a bottle oforange juice oversomethinglike acounter.Underneathwas my hardlyreadable handwriting：When Igrowup，Iwant to work at the MarketBasket because itwould be funtoswipe orange juice across the scannerat the checkout counter.To this daymy parents won't let me forget that out ofeverything l could have wished to be， my five-year-old self wished to work at the local grocerystore.When we are young， questions of what wewant to be when we grow up are common.Yetwe are not expected to respond with an answerthat is likely to come true.When we becometeens， we are asked the very same question twiceas often.The difference is that we are supposedto answer with confidence.As teenagers， we are expected to knowexactly what we want to be and how we aregoing to achieve that goal.Not all of us can be sosure.Eventhough I am in highschool， I can notanswer confidently.But Id on't consider that abad thing.How aml supposed to know what Iwill want to spend my time doing at age 40?When I think about the future， I definitelydon't see myself working at the Market Basket，but in reality， if that was what would make mehappy， I would do it.So， the next time someoneasks me what I want to be when I grow up， I willsimply say“happy.”Happiness is a destination for everyone.We may want to take different paths in life， butwe all want to be happy wherever we end up.Choose your path， but don't worry too muchabout whether your choice is right or not.Makea mistake or two and try new things.But alwaysremember：Ifyou'renothappy， you're not at theend of your journey yet