Vision of Life

As a kid a lot of people ask what do you want to be when you grow up and that question makes the kid think. That thinking results in the vision of life. The kid thinks this is what I will be based on certain values. As the kid learns more about the world around him, the kid refines the vision and in the process defines a set of values by which his life will be governed. The years go by and the kid is now a young man who has just graduated and has a job and a girlfriend. The young man now knows a lot more about the world. The young man thinks there is nothing that can stop him from realizing his vision. Then life happens and without his knowledge the young man spirals down the vortex of failure. A few years down the spiral, the now tired young man thinks what happened, how it can be fixed. But is it too late to spiral all the way back?