Growing up as a child, there are sets of questions that you can't run away from. I believe they resonate well with every other child.
One question is, "what school do you attend"?The most popular should be, "what would you like to be when you grow up"?
As an 8 years old, I don't know about other kids, I hated the later question with a passion. Then, I tried all I could to avoid answering that question but it kept coming. It got to a point if I suspect you are the type that will ask me that question I avoid you.
My uncle made me hate answering that question. Remember I was only 8 at that time.
That man had come to the house one fateful day. Dad was not around so my mum attended to him. I was busy watching my afternoon cartoon when I heard, " junior what would you like to be in future"? The question caught me unawares. I was still thinking of the answer to give him when I received a heavy knock on my small head.
I looked at him and couldn't hold back the tears. Coupled with the fact that mum gave him the last chicken reserved for my lunch, I was beyond consolation . From that day anyone that dare ask me "what do you want to be in future"? automatically becomes my enemy.
However, as a child, we all had that dream of what we wish to be. For so many like us it keeps changing from one stage of childhood to the other.
First it starts with the normal stereotypes. The answer is either a doctor, a lawyer or an engineer. We all will agree that at a point in our childhood one of this would have been an answer to the question. Those were days of bandwagon effect. We want to be what we watch on television or we want to belong where other kids belong.
Funny enough this was not me. From get go I wanted to be so many things, as the dream keeps changing, but none was among the mentioned stereotypes.
For starters, after watching so many cartoons, my first dream as a child was to be superman. You now begin to understand the reason my so called uncle knocked my head when I was hesitating to answer the famous question. I mean, how do I tell this man that I want to be superman, aka Clerk Kent, when I grow up, lol.
My first reasonable dream was in my senior years in the secondary school. Fascinated by business men around me, I dreamed of becoming a business owner one day too. But this dream did not come till I had already had the funny dream of being a Catholic priest.
There is a reason for that though.
Every Sunday I see the different Gift items parish members bring for the priest. From different types of food stuff to so many other mouth watering gifts, it was always a sight for the eyes and I longed to be in that position.
Dad used to be among the adult members that would carry this items to the priest's house. I would always tag along. I always marveled at the quantity of food in the store. They could literally feed a community for months. And more is still coming.
From that time, all my dream was to be a priest. I told everyone that bothered to hear. Unfortunately, that dream aborted when they told me I would not marry neither would I have a child as a priest. Maybe I was not meant to be a priest after all.
Luke I mentioned earlier, I started having reasonable and relatable dreams in my later years in secondary school. The business world has intrigued me and I said to myself I would love to be part of it and probably own chains of business.
For that reason I had decided to read business as a course. I have since graduated with degree in business management from the university. And on course to pursue my dreams.
I have a couple of businesses I am developing . They are far from being the end product but I believe if I keep at them and continue putting in the works, my dreams of owning a conglomerate might just become real.
