When You Grow Up

The teacher stood in front of the class, "I give this same assignment every year! " "Please write what you want to be when you grow up... and remember: there's no wrong answer here." The answers were predictable doctor, fireman, astronaut... Super hero, secret agent, owner of a yacht. The teacher read with interest as their grammar she corrected until she came across one paper with an answer unexpected. It was written by a shy little girl who didn't want a super power. When I grow up, she wrote in capital letters, I want to be a wild flower. Because bringing beauty to the world is a flower's livelihood and I want to grow in places no one ever thought I would. ‘You already bring beauty to my world', the teacher wrote ‘And I know you'll find a way... to grow anywhere you want to." and she graded it an A.