I'll never be "anyone." (Serious question)?

I think there are times in life when we all feel as if life has conspired in such a way as to prevent us from getting anywhere or being what we what to be. Youth is a precarious time because there are so few "measures" we look to for the elusive feeling of happiness. Hang in there. As we get older our lives expand and shift so many times over. Problems that seems overwhelming at one point pale in comparing to others we experience later. At the same time, we learn that there are joys that fill us to the core of our beings and that no problem can take from us. Same with feeling secure inside. That takes years to really develop. Your intelligence is your friend and your enemy right now. Try to reserve any final analysis on the meaning of your life or on your relative degree of joy given certain joy criteria set by the culture we live in. What brings you joy may have nothing to do with number of friends, gpa, etc. Perhaps you will become an actress on Broadway on day, or you may be a playwright. Maybe you could begin a writing now utilizing you emotional depth, intelligence, and knocks in family life as your guide. May bring you a wholly new form of fulfillment that you never considered before. Our culture touts "happy" as a big goal. Serenity, gratitude, peace of mind, finding fulfillment in the ability to be compassionate toward others -- these things are the stuff of a joyful life.