Doing Instead of Being

Have been thinking recently...how there are some people...who from infancy...are clear
about what they want to "be" in life. Perhaps...it might be more accurate to say...
"what they want to DO in life". What I'm questioning here...is the usage of the word "be"which is so often applied...to what occupation or profession...someone chooses in life. Throughout our society...we seem to confuse what someone "is"...with what someone "does". For some reason...one way or another...we human beings seem to shy away...from considering the "being" aspect of being human or human being. It might be...that a lot of the time...in a culture that points you towards accumulating a lot of material stuff...in your life time...it is "doing" this and that...which will help you to make material things come into your life. Learning "how to be"...is quite a different proposition. It involves ongoing work on your insides...and because the progress that you make is not as tangible...as the material goods you possess...maybe one of the reasons why there is such an emphasis on "doing" instead of "being"..............Quester.