It's Your road...

People talk about ambitions, passions, future plans and careers all the time knowingly or unknowingly. What actually a career is?  Is it a systematically planned process or a destination achieved by hit and trial?  Or a mission that is achieved by the numerous advices and consultations with the parents, relatives, uncles and aunts who are well placed and can boast about all their struggle and hardships?

Is there any truth in the statement that "occupation" is a legacy that can be or rather should be passed on from generation to generation? Why engineer's family has to produce more engineers and same with the doctors too? 

Are we trying to produce socially conditioned people? Well! Its been many years for me and I am still exploring. I have met parents who are flexible enough to give wings to their child’s dream or an IITian parent who inspite of knowing the learning disabilities of his child pushes him to take science and be an engineer or a little more smart parent who carefully trained their child to be disciplined enough (so that he never disobeys them) and chart his each and every activity on the Microsoft excel sheet (Yes! That was the sole reason for them to learn how to create a time table for him and track any swaying). Oh My God! Yes, that was the expression by me too when I listened to their so well planned “career planning”.

From a not so educated parent to extremely well educated one, I agree that each of them are the well wishers and would never like to be a hindrance to their child’s growth but give them an opportunity to atleast figure themselves out. What is their dream and passion? Are they realistic about it? Is it a passion that can be turned into a profession?

For all the teenagers:

Give a thought to the following:

Is it your passion or a dream you nurtured right from your childhood? There have been examples where people have risen above all odds. They may have never been to school, never taken any degree but excelled because of their sheer passion for that "one thing". But passion alone is not that factor which will lead to success in life. With passion you also need hard work and perfection to reach to your goal. Are you ready for it?

Choosing a stream is just the first step to pursue your dream. Except India, every country gives you this flexibility to get what you want with your abilities, interest, skills and finances.

Liberal arts is the way to go. In future, each one of us would require to understand the social thread to succeed. It will not be Social Science, Commerce or Sciences but “Human Sciences” which will be learnt. So, gear up!