Your heart is where your treasure is.

What do you want to be when you grow up? Have you ever been asked that question? Do you remember when you applied for a job? You were asked to describe how you see yourself in five or ten years. What was your answer?

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I had been asked those questions many times before. But my answers were different in each situation. They keep changing every time. When I was in second grade, I wanted to be 911 call center agent. In the fifth grade, I wanted to be an artist. When I entered high school, I wanted to be an explorer. In the second year, I wanted to be a poet like Shakespeare. I also wanted to be a songwriter. In our computer class, I wanted to be a programmer. In my senior year, I wanted to be an editor of a magazine.

College came and my priorities changed. I took up a course in Information Technology and thought of becoming an IT systems administrator. But when I got involved in ministry, I suddenly dreamed of becoming a preacher. My scholarship ended and so does my hope of receiving my diploma.

I had to quit. I keep failing many times. I had never been successful in anything.

I had to quit school and get a job. I became a service crew in a fast food. In there, I dreamed of becoming manager. But my contract ended and I still did not achieve any of my dreams. That, however, did not stop my young and vibrant mind from searching. I got a better job in the call center. I enjoyed it. My dream of becoming manager was kept alive. But it never came true. I kept moving from place to place but nothing seems to satisfy my hungry, restless heart.

I began to feel hopeless. Perhaps it is because of my poor scholastic background. I could never get ahead in life because I am a dumb college drop out. I am not smart enough. I do not have the right skills. I could not even get my diploma. Then, I realized that happiness is not about things I see outside of me. If I want to be happy, then all I have to do is look within.

What is it do I really want in life? What is the deepest desire of my heart? What really makes me happy? What stirs my passion? What keeps me moving? What do I enjoy doing? I could not find the answer to my questions because I had been looking in the wrong places. I tried to fill my life with all these things but I never tried to find out what my heart is really yearning for. So I learned that to pursue happiness, you need to start within. Look into your heart. That is where your treasure is. Antoine de Saint - Exupery wrote in The Little Prince, "It is only in the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." True happiness can be found deep within. It is in your heart. Look into your heart and you will find what you have been searching for.