10.30 In the morning, Mr. Amitabh chatterjee, senior VP of Godrej Saralee walks in to address the class of 60 students. We as usual were sitting as ducks expectation some Gyan. Within minutes, everyone was foxed with simple question; what is our Goal in life/ purpose of life. As often, the class engaged themselves with “desperate class participation” (DCP) trying to make their presence felt. During this process, I was taken back to my school days where I was asked similar question by one of our elderly gentlemen who stayed in our locality. He emphasized his children to score high marks, and bent on them pursuing dreams which he couldn't fulfill , attitude was no different from most of our parents.
When I was thrown this question then, I thought being a vagabond exploring new places seemed great, because in my non detail English reader, adventures in far-away lands brought me far pleasure than sucking up to Axioms and Theorems. I also thought being a news reader was fun and visiting new places. BUT, was that an answer you could tell to anybody? NO, not when the kids around me in class 9, were rattling off words like NTSE, BITS, IIT M and Blah blah...
Didn’t want to think too much and I said "Engineer". I knew heart of hearts; it wasn’t something I wanted to be. Secondly I had not faced too much success in life. So I didn’t even know whether my brain could take me to the path of being an engineer. I suddenly felt that I was carrying loads of guilt by giving that answer and that guilt carried all the way till my engineering.
When I was thrown this question then, I thought being a vagabond exploring new places seemed great, because in my non detail English reader, adventures in far-away lands brought me far pleasure than sucking up to Axioms and Theorems. I also thought being a news reader was fun and visiting new places. BUT, was that an answer you could tell to anybody? NO, not when the kids around me in class 9, were rattling off words like NTSE, BITS, IIT M and Blah blah...
Didn’t want to think too much and I said "Engineer". I knew heart of hearts; it wasn’t something I wanted to be. Secondly I had not faced too much success in life. So I didn’t even know whether my brain could take me to the path of being an engineer. I suddenly felt that I was carrying loads of guilt by giving that answer and that guilt carried all the way till my engineering.
Today I look back, and ask myself what would I want to become, I still not have answer. I still like being a vagabond traveler, but that’s probably a phase of life that I might enjoy. So is the answer to the question always a profession that would yield money and keep you secure or that would give you happiness? I seem quite lost. One thing I see is it’s never too late to keep asking this question, as long as you don’t carry guilt with the chosen path. Let’s see how life progresses!
Mervyn Lewis
Propogator-15
" Life is a comedy for those who think and tradegy for those who feel"
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