More Than One Recipe

Often I read or watch bios. And often successful people knew what they wanted to do from the time they were young. They saw a show and wanted to be an actor. They admired a teacher. They loved a book and wanted to write like that. Dancers, singers and musicians are inspirations. I remember asking a dentist why he decided to become a dentist. I’d had so many bad experiences, that I started “interviewing” them before letting them near my mouth. He said his first visit to a dentist, when he was probably five years old, was fun. The man was funny, his check-up was great and he got a toy and a toothbrush to take home with him. That first appointment was in December. He said that night, Rudolph was on, and the elf that wanted to be a dentist made him sad. He decided that day that when he grew up, he was going to be a dentist.

There are other reasons for success, of course. Sometimes luck or connections play a part. But mostly, I believe, it’s hard work, perseverance and confidence.  I don’t have any of the ingredients in the usual success recipes. In fact I think if there were such a thing as spirit animals, mine would be a sloth.

I found this “sloth as spirit animal” info on the internet:

The sloth loves nothing more than to relax and can often be mistaken as being a very lazy creature.  This is a rather unfair assumption as we all need relaxation in varying degrees, and who are we humans to sit in judgment of one of nature’s wonderful creatures?  Also, being very creative thinkers, they spend much of their time conjuring up ideas, often using so much energy thinking about them that they never actually get any further than their thoughts!  In this way, they can be seen as dreamers but to them, it doesn’t actually matter whether their ideas become more than that – they are just happy to lay around thinking, relaxing, and avoiding anyone or anything that may ruin their peace.  (Source: subconsciousservant dot com)

I don’t believe in spirit animals and I laughed out loud reading the description.  But I imagine sloths are successful in their own worlds. And in my world, I count God, family and friends as the ingredients in my recipe.