"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what
the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced
by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which
states that this has already happened." - Douglas Adams
the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced
by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which
states that this has already happened." - Douglas Adams
I found this very interesting as it made me wonder why i'm here and what my purpose is.Do i really have some goals or objectives defined or is someone controlling my every move here.No my friends this is not the matrix but it certainly got me thinking and i rewound to a time when i was a lil kid just entering the whole new world of school.
I was four i guess at that time(not the time i entered school but the time of this incident which i'm about to narrate) when the powers that be decided to have a fancy dress where the theme was "What am I going to be when i grow up?". Being incapable of making such career oriented decisions at the time i left it up to my parents or rather they did it themselves.
So there i was on stage dressed with a nice blue shirt, a tie and a pen in my pocket.No it's not what you think.I was NOT a TCS recruit! I was supposed to be an I.A.S. officer. Yeah thats what my parents decided i should be.Hell i didn't know what an I.A.S. officer was....I couldn't even spell it out for crying out aloud! Yet there i was reciting the lines i had memorized on how i would end poverty and hunger and do the rest of that impossible stuff.And as i walked off stage ( to a thunderous applause :) ) i made a mental note to myself that an I.A.S. officer was something i was definitely not going to be! That was perhaps my first piece of independent thinking. That i would do what i wanted to to do and not what others wanted me to.
So if you want to do engineering because all your friends are doing it or if you want to become a doctor because your parents want you to or if your stuck in some crappy job you hate but put up with only because of the money then pause and think a while.Being a musician or a bartender or EVEN a clown(no disrespect to any clowns reading this) is good if thats what you want to be.So go for it and follow your dreams!! It's worth it.
12 comments:
mm.. absolutely! i second, third and forth that notion!
we have a brain. we must use it on our own and not allow anyone else to corrupt it =)
that would just make us weak and stupid.
exactamundo! but most people are resigned to that fact. In fact they think the brain is somewhat like the pancreas. A remnant of some long forgotten time serving no purpose other than filling the hole in the skull!
@gayatri : btw nice guitar. I play a lot too..
This was a nice post! Sound advice! :)
tx :) pity no one takes it!
How dare you make fun of clowns !
How dare you switch on comment moderation !
@Shark i'll show you tomorrow ;-)
uh huh....nd wht if u dont knw wht yr dreams r?! easy 2 say "follow yr dreams"!
den ask me wat to do..ill help u
I suggest you to read "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warrens.That would answer this question..."What on earth am I here for?"
HI jason,
This is mahesh(tce mech).This part of ur narration is absolutely true dude. The point is i realised it very late..
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