Ending the Year with Hugh Laurie!

Hugh Laurie of "House" 

What a way to end the year--could there be a more complicated , bellicose guy than "House" the character?  How about the man who plays him--Hugh Laurie?  He has a career worthy to end the year on--indeed--one that many of us would not guess at. He grew up with a real struggle with his mother for emotional reasons that only he can possibly explain.  His father set the goal post as a physician--for which he could not reach because of academics.  So look what happened--he ended up fulfilling his father's "stature" by playing the most brilliant of physicians--and not this! with the freedom to do whatever he wants (on TV of course).  How do we in fact chase our dreams? 

We are not done with Laurie yet. The difference for him became his sport--crew--which he grew into championship ranks.  Then one day, he discovered int he attic that his father had won an Olympic Gold Medal in crew!  So in some ways--here he is pursuing without a clue his father in sports and (TV) medicine.  The point is at the end of the year--can we really be ourselves? What does it take to differentiate ourselves from the legacy of our parents?  Somehow, I like the fact that he carved out his own medical niche--vastly different from his father-- and became a champion in crew in his own right --not chasing his father at all. 

Coming into our own means being an authentic person.  No masquerade.  No living out another's life. I suppose that if you knew the author of your life you could get some real clues about who you really are and how to become it. 

By the way....
Hugh Laurie became a stand up comedian along the way...and it is said that a sense of humor has been his saving grace ever since.  He can laugh at himself!