Whatever Happens, Happens for The Best
The key is to have ‘faith’ and ‘keep working’
It was May 2017.
I had graduated from college with flying colors. I could see their eyes were filled with emotion and pride. I was awarded a gold medal for outstanding academic performance throughout all six semesters. It was a ‘great’ moment of my life and for my parents, too.
Even then, something was ‘not so great’ about that day.
Accomplishing one life goal with great success was okay, but what next?
I had no answer to that.
Being a gold medalist brought me no favors when it came to cracking one of the toughest entrance exams for a master's degree course that I really liked. Gone is the time when good merit brought you good opportunities. In today’s time, no matter how studious or meticulous you are, at every step, you have to compete with a million others and that is exactly when your true competency hits you in the face.
I told myself, “No stress. We will figure it out.”
This is not the story of what I did later, moving on, or how I figured out what I want to do, but about an alternative possibility that could have become a different reality for me today.
Imagine I had got into the master's degree course that I really wanted to pursue.
Then what?
I would have aced those classes too and got another post-graduate degree with flying colors.
Then what?
I would have got a well-paying, salaried job after fighting tough competition and after sitting for a thousand interviews.
Then what?
I would have had a stable career and a continuous source of income, which would have saved me the anxiety that comes from being unemployed and financially dependent.
Then what?
I would be happy, settled, and satisfied.
But, a very crucial, a very important part of me would be missing, without even me realizing it.
I would never have been introduced to the love of my life: WRITING
Maybe I would have discovered it in my forties as a passion, but so much time would have already been gone!
Today, I do not have a job or a stable career. I am relying on my writing skills to build my profession. I am pursuing what I love the most and what I am good at — writing. But trust me, it has not been easy. Often, I wish I had a stable career and wouldn’t have to worry about being unemployed or financial dependent. Everything would have been so great.
Pursuing passion as a profession is a luxury that many of us can’t afford.
Yet, I showed the courage to navigate through tough waters. I knew this path will be full of challenges and would require me to put in my everything in what I do, but in the end, I would be a happy soul.
That day in 2017, when I graduated, I asked my father, “Papa, I did not clear the NET (National Entrance Test). What will I do now?”
To an ambitious but temporarily lost daughter, he replied, “Another better opportunity must be waiting for you. Don’t you worry! Whatever happens, happens for the best.”
His words filled me with instant hope and optimism.
As much as I am thankful to my father for lifting up my mood that day, I am thankful for everything that happened thereafter, every decision that I took and failed, and every moment of ‘what if’ that kept me looped for hours because everything, literally all of it, brought me back to ‘writing’, to my ‘inner voice’ and to the words that keep me going.
This is an interesting 30-day challenge, where Jill (Conquering Cognitions) has encouraged writers to write one thing a day that we are grateful for, for 30 days. Thank you Jill for this engaging challenge. She has listed a few other ways in which we can take up a challenge. Read about it here —
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