I want to tell you something that I’ve heard for years but never really took to heart.

It’s Okay to Believe in the Great Perhaps.

In my family, my sister is the artist and nerd. She decided to go to college for theatre and didn’t want a 9am-5pm job, so guess what, she's never had one. She has that fantastic, sometimes crazy artistic logic and sees the world in a colorful, outside of the box, color outside of the lines way. She never wavered on her unconventional "Great Perhaps."

She inspires me.

She has always dreamed like kids do. She has made me realize that kids have it right. As children, adults love to hear about what we dream of and we are encouraged to dream and think of a future. Kids are willing to dream of being a doctor, dancer, astronaut, or firefighter. But eventually, we are taught to dream within a certain mold. But once we grow up, even more, some realize that dreaming is more important than ever because we live in a world that wants everyone to conform, but others don’t realize this and their dreams are always stuck within the mold.

My sister is anything but a conformist. She made my accountant father and teacher mother believe in her artist "Great Perhaps" and demolished the stereotype that artists can’t earn a living doing something they love.

My sister is different. She taught me that it’s important to believe and own my “Great Perhaps.”

If you’ve never picked up a John Green book, first off, I will say you should read one, and second, he writes about this thing called a “Great Perhaps.” The pursuit of a “Great Perhaps” is when you come to peace with yourself because the pursuit gives your life meaning. My sister always used this term when it came to dreaming of the impossible. She instilled in me that being at peace with myself comes from making my dreams happen.

As I’ve been in college I’ve realized that pursuing my “Great Perhaps” is vital. My “Great Perhaps” looks like fighting for justice and my sister’s looks like doing art to create change.

What’s your “Great Perhaps?”

Whether you act, write, want to be a doctor, work for the NBA, or be a missionary to teach about Jesus, I want you to know that your “Great Perhaps” is important and it should give your life meaning.

One day, I hope to be as free of a spirit as my sister is because she’s found parts of her “Great Perhaps” and you should want to be like her too.