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Do you ever cringe when people ask you what you do?

Its as if that question is actually a question of who you are. In the past I have disliked the question what do you do, because I took it to be a question about who I was, I think that there are a lot of people out there who do the same. In struggling with this question, that seems to be asked of us as we grow older, I wondered very often if I was a failure because I didn't have my life's plans, and myself figured out yet. You know that old question," what do you want to be when you grow up. " Ah Ha!, that's it it's that question, the one everyone asked you when you were a little kid. Boy words really do stick with us. My Aunt Diane said something once, and it has helped me very much. What I do for a job, or career is not who I am. Thanks Diane, for helping me out a bit. I work at Starbucks, as a Barista. I like it very much too. I make a tasty Granda vanilla nonfat Latte. :)

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