Standing on the threshold of life one wonders if they are going to fall in to a deep dark abyss or miraculously take flight/ sprout wings and fly off in to the horizon, when one takes a step forward. Life was so much simpler as a kid. Our only wishes were to eat, sleep, irritate and be cuddled by your folks. Technically much like a well loved and looked after dog ;) Then came school and brought with it fun, friends, a little hard work and memories, precious memories which help in those times in your life when you’re down. Then came the next level i.e. college…ahhhhhhhh those were indeed the days of freedom fun and friends. The only thing to be worried about was what subjects to take and to maintain your grade. In short it was magical in retrospect no matter what one thought at that time. Now we’re beginning with our career wondering what’s ahead of us, how are we going to perform, what kind of a work environment are we going to get, are we even going to like it?
Destiny does play tricks on you. After graduating from high school I thought I would like to do mass communication or English (honors) and look what I landed up doing- Engineering in Computer Sciences. After completing my B.Tech I had visualized a career in software development and an MBA. Again here I am sitting in a software development company working as a presales trainee. Life does have the knack of taking you in directions unknown to you. Sometimes these directions are the right ones and sometimes they are the wrong ones. The question is- Do you make your destiny or does destiny make you.
I am I think a fatalist (Some what ;)) I tread the path that I think destiny directs me to and yet I question every decision I make, finding it difficult to follow a path blindly and without reason. I wish somehow there could be a way to find out what I thought about the decision in retrospect but alas there is no way to know your future for sure, no way to go to the future and change or not change our decisions accordingly. I think this question of destiny making you or you making destiny is much like the chicken & egg question- An endless circle.
2 comments:
Fear of the unknown is not uncommon. Be conscious of what you do but don't expect each decision to have life-changing consequences! Decisions do scare us, but hey! we've gotta learn from experiences..
Really a very good article and very true you think a lot in Life but Destiny has something else only for you. But you have missed to cover on your path... to German specialists. How did you end up being one? It would be good to know. It's really gud to meet one German Specialists.
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