Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for September 25, 2022

You’re a showman, Charlie Brown.

you asked, Violet, you received

By the time you grow up you will have played second fiddle to a dog for several decades, Charlie Brown.

Good Ol’ Wishy-Washy Charlie Brown!

Well, at least her tantrum was predictable….

Why not just say, “I’ll be a barber like my dad,” or “I’ll join a major league baseball team?”

sadly, people in my household takes a question a little too far… unfortunately, it’s happening more often… :(

Every 12-year-old should memorize this strip so that when the school counselors start asking that question at that age they have an answer. As Dilbert once said (I’m paraphrasing because I don’t remember the exact quote) “If you decide on your career at the age of 12, then your life’s path was decided on by and idiot.”

“Tear aside the veil of the future”. Nice turn of phrase CB. Not sure what the original source of it was. My quick Google search showed several references. This looks like one of the older ones:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Prince_Alcouz_and_the_Magician

But he’s correct.

I will figure out what i am going to do with my life when i grow up. I’m still figuring it out, but I will make a decision eventually. I’ve only been in my current job for 27 years. So, no real rush to decide.

That’s why grownups usually ask kids “What do you want to be when you grow up?” They may not be able to see the future, but they usually have a pretty good idea what they want (which will change as they learn more about the real world).

I don’t find myself talking to kids that much, but if the question comes up, I prefer to phrase it “What do you want to be if you grow up?” I want to make it clear that it’s optional.

I’m trying to remember the number of steps to being a prophet without going and grabbing the book. Something between six and eight, and technically some of the steps are just reword earlier steps.

Charlie Brown will never grow up!

Linus becomes the first American Pope.

So true, CB I am 54 years old and I still can’t answer the ? I have GROWN UP but the one thing I have learned is that goals have to be constantly changed to meet challenges of the next 5 minutes! No one knows what the future holds and the definition of success is FLEXIBILITY!

Answer: philosopher.

Poet.