ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FEAR
“Every child thinks archelogy is about digging up land
to find dinosaur remains and gold…
I had the same intentions.”
Bhuvan Bam
This
young boy (of class 12) stayed back after everyone had left the class.
“Want to say
something, beta?” I asked him.
“Yes Sir,” he said quite hesitatingly.
“Tell me, what
is it,” I encouraged him to speak…
“Sir, I want to
pursue Archeology. But, my parents and elder brother are against it,” he said.
“Have you found
out why they are against it?” I asked.
“Sir, they think,
that it’s not the field with job opportunities. They want me to pursue the
regular fields where there won’t be scarcity of jobs.”
“Since when have
you been thinking about Archelogy?” I asked the boy.
“For quite many
years, Sir… Since I was a little boy,” he explained, “I am really fascinated by
the idea.”
Now, it’s not every
day, that I get a young one expressing his desire to pursue Archeology. Almost
everyone wants to follow a road which is ‘more taken’… This was the first young
man I was coming across, who stood at
his crossroad and longed to take a road ‘less taken’…
So, I said this
to the young boy, “Beta, we are still in July… There is still time. I strongly
suggest you to do more research on it… Don’t give up your dream. Once, you have
done sufficient research and once you show sufficient clarity and confidence to
pursue it, I am sure, people at home will support you. Their present anxiety is
understandable… But, before digging land outside, you dig within you to
discover the gold within.”
This
young man may seem alone when it comes to his career choice. But, let me tell
you, he is not alone. For, when it comes
to every other career choice, too, there is, always, anxiety and fear – “What
if I fail?”… Yes, this question haunts, almost, every dreamer…
“Everything you’ve
ever wanted is on the other side of fear,” says George
Addair. Oprah Winfrey says something similar:
“I was once
afraid people saying, ‘Who does she think she is?’. Now, I have the courage to
stand and say, ‘This is who I am.’”
From my own
experience, I know this: If this young boy digs deep and long within him,
digging land outside won’t be difficult for him…
It’s said, “When
you know what you want, the entire Universe will conspire in your favour.”
The Universe of
our young man includes his parents and the elder brother, you see…
GERALD D’CUNHA
Pic’s.: Pixabay
Video: World Best Talent
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