“God's will is like a jigsaw puzzle
until you put all the pieces together,
you won't be able to see the whole picture.”
― Danny L. Deaubé
Do we need to be very definite – very clear – about what we want pursue in
life?
Do we need to put all our focus and go after it?
Do we need to have
well-drawn plans to achieve them?
Do we need to keep
some back-up plans?
My answer for all
these questions is – ‘Yes’… A resounding ‘YES’!
“If you do not know
where you are going, any road will take you ‘there’!” Yes, I have written,
often, on this topic.
The fact is: I do not
want to go ‘anywhere’…. And, I do not want ‘any road’ to take me ‘there’… ‘anywhere’!
I watched my own
teacher, when I was in F.Y. B.Com, and desired to become like him - a good
teacher and a good writer…
I became one.
But, I did not become
a good teacher through the roads my idol had treaded… I had to tread my own
roads. Often, those roads were rugged and scary… often, frustrating, daunting…
keeping me ‘hungry and foolish’….
But, because I was
definite in my mind as to what I wanted to pursue. I did not wait to do that
till the ‘right time’ came… I started teaching my own friends right in my F.Y.
B. Com days, right after my college hours… and, I felt so, so, so good about
myself…
To me, those little
baby-steps that we take to become what we aspire to become, right from where we
are – yes, it determines whether we will become what we want to or not…
The Path has never
been crystal clear to any one who has followed his heart. The path gets revealed
as we keep walking towards the direction of our hearts’ call…
“Just follow your
heart… Just be the Pilgrim, the Alchemist”… Yes, I did just that, and, I shall
advise to any young one, just that. For, there is no other way for doing it…
Leaving it to the winds is not the way of the Alchemists… Yes, it is God who
disposes what Man proposes… But, trust me: God admires us every time we propose…
He makes us ‘deserving’….
“The only way you're going to reach places you've never gone,” says Germany Kent “is if you trust God's direction to do things you've never done.”
Thy will be done!
One of my dearest students, who was absolutely ‘clear’ as to what she
wanted to pursue, right since she was in Grade 9, went about choosing the right
courses in her junior college. She was very definite about joining the ‘right’ degree
college in another city in India and done all the possible preparations for it.
She was, in my view, one of the brightest candidates, and a deserving one. Her
parents had full faith in her and supported her all the way. But, we all,
including, this young one, knew that if she did not get admission in the
so-called ‘top’ college, her dream would not die and her world would not end…
We all were prepared with Plan ‘B’ and, even, Plan ‘C’. Above all, we were all
prepared with that one crucial ingredient: ‘Where she wanted to go’!
Yes Sir, when you
know where you want to go, the Universe shows you the way!
Early, last morning,
I saw the message from the young one, “Sir, not selected. But’ it’s fine. There
is Plan ‘B’.”
There was, even, Plan
‘C’, I knew about it. I, also, knew about the pain she had to silently deal
with grace and wisdom. I replied…
“G. Mng…… It will take a little more time to get over
it. Just to recall… Young Amitabh Bachchan, when gave the audition for All
India Radio, was rejected for his ‘awkward’ voice. His father, the legendary
Harivansh Rai Bachchan, consoled him with the words, ‘Beta, mann ka ho toh achha… Na ho toh, aur achha.’ There must be a
divine plan hidden in this episode. Sake off and move ahead dear. Love and best
wishes.”
From my own
experience, I know this: In Life, where we want to go is more important than
how we want to go…
Let John M Sheehan conclude with his advise:
“Leave time for your
soul to breathe the breath of God, today.”
GERALD D’CUNHA
Pic.: Nicole Gubin-O'Ryan
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