"Who Am I?" vs. "Who Should I Be?"

Who we are is often different than we should be. When we say, "Who should I be?" are we asking ourselves or the people around us? Often times the important people in our lives tend to influence our decisions to what we become. This can be for the better, or for the worse. 

When I was an underclassman, trying to navigate the roads of the early college process and trying to   decide what I wanted to be my future occupation, I was inundated with possible choices. My parents influenced my decision to become a pharmacist. They encouraged me to look int he field because they thought it matched my interests. In this case, the question "Who should I be?" was answered by the people that know me better than I know myself.

However, "Who should I be?" is a question often asked in society, that receives a distorted answer. One of my favorite actresses, Tina Fey, said it well: "Every girl is expected to have caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall butt, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the hips of a nine-year old boy, and the arms of Michelle Obama." The media often distorts the views of what girls today should look like, and that is a negative example of answering the question, "Who should I Be?" 

Asking "Who am I?" is more important than asking "Who should I be?" This applies to life, religion, vocation, and overall attitude. I agree with Parker's assertions in that he states that we should be happy with who we are. Success and our vocation is what we make it to be and correlates directly to answering the question of "Who Am I?"