Dr LeCrone
03-30-2006, 12:46 PM
Among your circle of friends and acquaintances, have you met George or Helen Wannabe? The déjà vu introduction will make you think, “Don’t I know you from someplace?”
All of us probably have gone by the name of Wannabe at one point or another in our lives. A Wannabe is someone who is always looking for the greener grass on the other side of the pasture.
Lots of people have helped us develop the Wannabe state.
• What do you wannabe when you grow up?
• Wannabe popular?
• Wannabe head of the class?
• Wannabe a redhead, then eat your carrots.
• Wannabe rich?
• When we are young, we wannabe grown up.
• When we are students, we wannabe employed.
• When we are working, we wannabe retired.
Healthy fantasizing as children leads to exploration, investigation and striving for goals. Ask an athlete when he decided to set a world record, compete in the Olympics and go for the gold. There was a dream, perhaps based on someone he considered a model, followed by training and hard work. But it was a constant goal and that wannabe always in his mind made him a winner.
It is the changeable wannabe who never attains anything. He is like a chameleon, ever changing his color to fit his latest desire. These wannabes fail to grow up; they want always to be something else, some other place, look like someone else. They never reach the point of maturity that tells them to take what they have and make the best of it. They are never satisfied, and years pass them by with very little enjoyment or peace of mind. They never reach a single goal; they have no perseverance or diligence.
• These changing wannabes want to live in a bigger car or even marry someone else.
• They want their children to be something they aren’t.
• They want their physical appearance to change with their whims. Victims of the hidden persuaders, they wannabe a blonde, or they wannabe a ravishing brunette. They wannabe thin as a model, dressed to impress.
• They wannabe with the jet set. They say they just wannabe happy.
Chasing the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is a never-ending search.
If you are a parent, help your child with his wannabe desires. Tell him that learning and adapting will be crucial for the citizens of the 21st century. Instead of saying I wannabe, children of the next generation should learn to say,
• I wannabe able to continue learning all my life.
• I wannabe able to develop my talents to the fullest.
• I wannabe prepared to accept what comes my way.
• I wannabe able to look at the greener grass and wannabe able to change my side of the pasture.
Harold H. LeCrone, Jr., Ph.D. Copyright 1988
All of us probably have gone by the name of Wannabe at one point or another in our lives. A Wannabe is someone who is always looking for the greener grass on the other side of the pasture.
Lots of people have helped us develop the Wannabe state.
• What do you wannabe when you grow up?
• Wannabe popular?
• Wannabe head of the class?
• Wannabe a redhead, then eat your carrots.
• Wannabe rich?
• When we are young, we wannabe grown up.
• When we are students, we wannabe employed.
• When we are working, we wannabe retired.
Healthy fantasizing as children leads to exploration, investigation and striving for goals. Ask an athlete when he decided to set a world record, compete in the Olympics and go for the gold. There was a dream, perhaps based on someone he considered a model, followed by training and hard work. But it was a constant goal and that wannabe always in his mind made him a winner.
It is the changeable wannabe who never attains anything. He is like a chameleon, ever changing his color to fit his latest desire. These wannabes fail to grow up; they want always to be something else, some other place, look like someone else. They never reach the point of maturity that tells them to take what they have and make the best of it. They are never satisfied, and years pass them by with very little enjoyment or peace of mind. They never reach a single goal; they have no perseverance or diligence.
• These changing wannabes want to live in a bigger car or even marry someone else.
• They want their children to be something they aren’t.
• They want their physical appearance to change with their whims. Victims of the hidden persuaders, they wannabe a blonde, or they wannabe a ravishing brunette. They wannabe thin as a model, dressed to impress.
• They wannabe with the jet set. They say they just wannabe happy.
Chasing the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is a never-ending search.
If you are a parent, help your child with his wannabe desires. Tell him that learning and adapting will be crucial for the citizens of the 21st century. Instead of saying I wannabe, children of the next generation should learn to say,
• I wannabe able to continue learning all my life.
• I wannabe able to develop my talents to the fullest.
• I wannabe prepared to accept what comes my way.
• I wannabe able to look at the greener grass and wannabe able to change my side of the pasture.
Harold H. LeCrone, Jr., Ph.D. Copyright 1988