One thing I've noticed as a college student is that many students really have no idea what they want to do with their lives. In particular, what I'm referring to is their declared majors. Their dream job, if you will. It seems like 8, even 9 times out of 10, if you ask an Asian college student what they're major is, they will respond with pre-medicine or pre-pharmacy. I myself fall into this category. I don't mean to come across as an asshole, and maybe I'm being hypocritical and not realizing it, but I really don't think that many people are cut out to be what they claim they want to be.
Being Asian myself, I understand the pressure one gets from others. Whether it's from parents, relatives, or even friends, it seems the social standard for our current generation is to become a doctor or pharmacist.
Don't get me wrong, it's great to have dreams - to shoot for the stars. At least then, if you miss then you know what you are or aren't capable of. However, I think it's foolish to keep shooting and shooting, knowing you're going to miss every time. Even more foolish is to hit your target knowing deep down inside that, frankly, you didn't want to. You only did it because someone else wanted you to.
Life is too short to spend it unhappy. If you're unhappy with something, change it. Don't let yourself get caught in a situation where you wake up every morning dreading the day to come. Be passionate about what you do and the decisions you make.
It's your life - don't let someone else live it for you.
I found this blog entry written by a man named Shekhar Kapur, which I think could be a real eye-opener for some.
"For me, and I guess for many others, life is a constant battle between following your passion and being practical. I fought 'Practicality' a long time ago, and followed my passions, but never quite completely, for......
...the world will not completely allow it. More than that, your education, the way you were brought up, others dependency upon you will not allow it. Your own insecurity will not allow it.
For following your passion would, on the surface in any case, imply giving up control of your life. Of giving into madness.
But quite the opposite. Giving in to your passions implies being in harmony with the universe. It implies that you are now breathing and living on a much larger and much more universal level, where the mundane everyday practical things do take care of themselves. If they are meant to. And the everyday practical things do not become the demons that you conjure up in your mind, and THEREFORE you are unable to take care of them.
Giving in to your Passions does not equate with irresponsibility, as the world would like you to believe. Of course the world would like you to believe that. It's the only way the world can control you. Giving into your passions implies the ablity to embrace the everyday practicalities of life in a much larger, more compassionate way.
Allow the universe to take care of what it is supposed to. If you are passionate it will."
(http://www.shekharkapur.com/blog/archives/2007/03/passion_and_pra.htm)
1 comment:
wow, i give you props. it's nice to see that someone else thinks this too.
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