Raising kids, buying a second house, a bigger car, a promotion at the job, better compensation – all these priorities keep the parent busy for some time. By then a good part of life is over following this mostly automated pattern of life.
Then suddenly one day, the parent starts wondering what is next in life. But fails to find an easy answer. Instead, the parent feels some kind of emptiness or void within – something that an even bigger car, house or promotion cannot fill. The parent wonders if the decision of childhood about the career choice was right or not. The parent starts wondering what is the purpose of my life.
And one day the child of the parent comes and asks, ” What should I do when I grow big? ”