What is the future?

If you ask a 5 year old kid,
He probably answers "The future is when I become a doctor"

If you ask a 12 year old teenager,
He probably answers "The future is when I enter high school"

If you ask a 18 year old college freshman,
He probably answers "The future is when I graduate and have a job"

If you ask a girl who madly in love with her boyfriend,
She probably answers "The future is when I get married"

If you ask a newly wed couple,
They probably answer "The future is when we have our kids"

If you ask a single mom,
She probably answers "The future is when I see my son marry"

If you ask someone with incurable disease,
He probably answers "The future is when I can be free of this disease"

So...
For you,
What is the future?