Energetic Flow of Passion Vs Stressful Selfish Ambition!
An Insightful Series of Life Lessons That My Life Provided As I Lived Understanding Its Psychology and Philosophy Improving My Mental Health in The Process.
LIFE LESSON STORIES SERIES
Energetic Flow of Passion Vs Stressful Selfish Ambition!
After I wrote my twelfth-class board exam, I needed to decide what to do next. The school education was going to be over. And I had to select a specific discipline to pursue in my college life further. I took the entrance exam of the most prestigious engineering university of my country and got through it successfully. It was not easy to get admission in an elite college like that. And my success was an occasion of celebration in my school.
Stressful Selfish Ambition
It was then that the real problem sprang up in my mind. In fact, I had never wanted to pursue an engineering career in my life. It was just that my ambition had taken it up as a challenge to crack the coveted entrance exam. Having done it successfully did satisfy my ego, but I had never taken it seriously to join it too.
Energetic Flow of Passion
I was in fact passionate about studying theoretical physics and becoming a theoretical physicist professionally. But by qualifying for admission to engineering in such an elite college, I had shot myself in the foot. Even otherwise, engineering, especially electronics engineering that I had qualified for, was considered the top career choice in those days.
Energetic Flow of Passion Vs Stressful Selfish Ambition!
When I expressed my desire to forgo my selection and get admission in a physics honors course, I was ridiculed. My principal who had a great influence on me called me to his office. During my twelve years of studies in his school, he had always stood by me whatever I had done, be it making him proud in general or else embarrassing him at times . Our relationship was a kind of mutual liking for each other between the two of us.
My Flow of Passion Vs My Principal’s Selfish Ambition!
“What’s this buzz in the air? You want to forgo your selection in such a prestigious university that others only dream to get in,” he said.
“That is right sir. I am also feeling proud of getting selected but that was just a game I was playing,” I replied.
“You will make your school proud as well if you join this prestigious university,” he stoked my ego further.
“But I am really not interested in studying engineering. I don’t want to become an engineer. I rather want to be a theoretical physicist,” I registered my objection.
“What will you professionally do after completing your degrees in theoretical physics?” he asked me a practical question.
“Research!” I replied.
“On a scholarship?” he took me on a visualizing trip.
“Maybe I pick up a teaching job as a lecturer in a university and pursue my research along. That’s how theoretical physicists survive,” I said.
“So, you are professionally planning about your survival alone,” concluded the principal.
“I will also get my promotions as reader and professor,” I put up my argument.
“And that’s all! But in engineering, you will land up picking up a luxurious job right after your graduation. More so being a produce of a prestigious college like you have been selected in! There will be a plethora of promotions on the path of your career. Sky is going to be the limit to your flight,” he showed me some colorful dreams.
“But I would like to go beyond the sky into researching the secrets of the infinite universe,” I said smiling.
“Only if you are exceptionally lucky to be able to discover a ground-breaking theory,” said the principal.
“But still I will feel happy trying to do that,” I expressed the joy I would get pursuing my passion.
“Pursuing a luxurious career will make your family happier,” said the principal again.
“I will not make a family in that case,” I put forward a new argument.
“You already have one in your parents,” smiled the principal this time.
“It’s a maze of anomalies and ironies in our system,” I said in a disappointed voice.
“If you can’t achieve the maximum, be happy with achieving the optimum,” concluded the principal.
Flow of Passion Loses, Selfish Ambition Wins
He being a clever logician had rendered me answer-less. I went for the so-called optimum really without my heart into it.
I did well in engineering too, igniting my ambitions every single day. But it always made me fatigued and kept me stressed all along. And it remained so until I broke free from its shackles much later in life.
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