Who do I want to be when I grow up?

Ya know how we always ask kids “What do you want to be when you grow up?”  They usually respond with some category – policeman, fireman, rock star.  But maybe the question we should be asking them, as well as ourselves, is “Who do you want to be when you grow up?”  This question causes you to think more about the human characteristics of your chosen “profession.”  More about the intangibles, than the outer trappings of the job.  So, here’s my list:

Dain Heer

Kenji Kumara

Michael J. Tamura

All three of these men are healers, but that’s not why I want to be them.  I don’t know if I want to be a healer – or if I can be – but I do know that all three are incredibly joyous.  They are playful.  Laugh a lot.  Make very bad jokes some times.  To me, their joy is infectious.  I want to be that joyous for my own entertainment and maybe to spread this kind of joy to others as well.

So, who do you want to be?  What characteristics do you admire?  Want to emulate?  Wish people would notice in you or praise you for?  And, finally, what is stopping you from embodying those characteristics?