From the time I was born, I was told that everyone of us are responsible in some way or the other. When I first joined my LKG, I remember my teacher telling me while teaching alphabets that I was no longer a baby and asked me to concentrate on studies. Then when I went to the 1st standard, I was told that I was no more a LKG student and not to behave like one. Year after year, this continued and when I went to the 8th grade, my uniforms were upgraded to full trousers, I remember someone telling me that we have crossed a stage in life and should no longer behave like little brats. Then came the 10th grade and everyone I ever knew was like, this is going to be the most important and decisive year in your life, the year which is going to decide your fate, your future... must have been true.. After a point people stopped telling us these things and we could sense things on our own and at one point I realised 'Our actions were going to determine our destiny'.
Education was, to say quite a struggle.. a struggle which reaped really good results.. By results I mean, all of us are where we are because of what we have done till date and education plays a significant part of it if not the most important.. From then on, most of what we do is because of our own interest and no more a compulsive action. Well, looking back in time it is really fascinating to see how much we have gone through in the little time, so many transitions, so much learning, disappointments and many other feeling which cannot be described.
Failing in exams, scoring 100 in a paper, playing cricket, bunking classes, going for tuition's, pranks with teachers, first day in college, experience of watching a movie FDFS and not missing a single movie released during 4 years of college - language no bar, getting blasted at home for being so irresponsible, thrill of checking exam results online, the various crushes all through life, campus placements, interviews, first day at work, becoming a lead and also some personal moments like someone dear turning against you, dear ones who have changed so drastically when you never realised and then at a point couldn't relate to them anymore.... and many such things..... I am sure we have gone through all this ...
Many small things have led to big impacts in life, somethings make you stronger and somethings make you more determined and motivated... we learn things from so many unknown people... little things everyday. And ofcourse there will be this one living character in life as your role model whom we will be permanently in awe of... Going past all these, living everyday and experiencing so many things, we tend to groom ourselves at a better person, try to be in someones perspective and avoid doing mistakes which we have seen people do... All in pursuit of one thing... 'Being a better person in life'... It might be interpreted in different ways... for some it may be career wise, for some it might be something else.... but it all comes down to this...
But in process of this, there's one thing which comes to mind which most of us fail to see or rather understand.... "We seem to be too keen observing the clouds which pass by everyday and more often than not fail to see the vast sky beyond it, it might seem fancy for a while.. but it just goes away in no time before you realise its gone....." Having a clear vision in life of how to lead life is entirely upto us though it might be influenced by many around us.. and it is a lesson which might seem easy but probably take a lifetime to learn..
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