It’s one of the many questions of childhood: What do you want to be when you grow up? We dream of the answer, of the occupation we desire. Our childhood dreams play over and over in our heads of being an astronaut, professional baseball player, or in my case, a veterinarian.

As we grow older, the things we dreamt about as kids may fade, but we’re still focused on becoming something.

We seek success in something we want to do, something we want to be.

We get so caught up in what we want be we forget what kind of person we want to be. I haven’t been thinking of what I want to do with my life recently. I’ve been thinking about the kind of person I want to be, the kind of life I want to live.

I'm a perfectionist (but obviously so far from perfect) and living in an imperfect world is an everyday struggle. Perfectionism is as unreachable as the stars at night, but it is a goal nonetheless, so like a shooting star, I seek it.

I seek it through Jesus because He is the perfect holiness I hunger for.

Seeking Jesus and holiness is a process containing many parts, each of which require work. You have to look up to see that shooting star.

One part of that process, to put it simply, is being a good person, and that's the kind of person I want to be. I don't know what I'm going to do with my life, but I know the kind of life I want to live.

It's not always that easy trying to be a good person. Sometimes it's easier to follow the crowd, do what everyone else is doing. It's more exciting when you stretch the truth a little. The door's too heavy to hold for other people. It's easier to go on about your business instead of helping. It's so freaking easy to judge. Friendships and relationships take too much effort. It's easier to just not care.

But I like challenges. I want to work at just being a decent person and caring because Lord knows I haven't always cared.

I want to serve God by serving people. I want to be honest and kind, I want to go out of my way to do nice things for people. I want to rid my mind of judgment. I want to be slow to anger, accepting and tolerant of difficult people. I want to be there for my friends because I'm more of a listener anyways.

A life of integrity is the kind of life I want to live but what do I want to be? I don't know yet, I'm trusting in God's plan and putting it all in his hands right now.

I recommend you do the same. You're young, don't think too much about the future. Instead, think about the kind of person you want to be and be that.

And might as well have some fun while you're at it!