The Breakthrough

Posted on July 1, 2015 Updated on July 25, 2015

Breaking the taboo and choosing to become happy! How I see life in my 20’s

While I was an undergraduate at Middlesex University in Dubai, almost on daily basis we were sent emails to attend CV creating workshops. And honestly, at that point I didn’t know what we were doing and why were we doing. But I was an eager student,  eager to make a difference, loving too much and doing too much every time (which kind of drains you, but that’s still okay as long as you know the wisdom of Buddha), I was like any other kid dreaming of landing a corporate job and earning big bucks and setting an unrealistic rather burdening bucket-lists. So now what? Shall I curse myself for everything that haven’t gone according to plan? or bury myself with the guilt of not doing enough? I would rather choose to laugh over the goals, objectives whatever one can put in a CV. And maybe, we care too much of our achievements. We should learn from babies, they never give up and at the same time they don’t know what expectations are! Knowing these two things is very important. Often in life, we don’t know what we want to achieve, but we all are singing the anthem of changing the world. I used to care..A lot to change the world and solve all the international problems, poverty, load-shedding and wars (Ambitions have no limit!). You are no Superman (or Superwoman)!

If you are still in your 20’s and  believe that you are Superman/Superwoman, then you are quite troublesome! Don’t get me wrong here, its my realization (I maybe wrong). Lets be real, even if I am Bill Gates and have money, I will not have the power to eradicate these issues. Nor I can stop rapes in India and save people from dying in Palestine. I am no superman, in fact, now I feel that all our lives we expected too much of superman in the cartoons/movies, that’s why he remained the sad guy. And not just that, but how we felt jealous of his superpowers that we started to believe that we can ‘punch’ these problems right in the face. The feeling was good but unrealistic.

I am not trying to be pessimistic here, but the problems we always rant about are there since centuries. If still you will like to believe in your arrogance then nobody can stop you (As imagination has no limit too). I do agree that there are people who changed and left an impact on the world. But if those people cared enough about the final product, they wouldn’t be known as we know them. Perhaps, they were busy their own lives, following their hearts, loving what they do. However, the uncommon characteristic in them was that they were consistent with what they loved, just being themselves.

To be continued… for now Hasta la Vista!