DID YOU PICK A WRONG PROFESSION?
“Go into the world and do well. But, more importantly, go into the world and do good.” Minor Myers L ast night, my wife and I had been for a dinner at one of our friends’ place. They had invited one more family, our common friends. Both these families had two young children each, who were preparing for their Board/college exams. While leaving our friends’ place late at night, I found myself wishing each of these young kids – “Best wishes… Do well.” And, that’s how I find myself wishing almost every young kid - hundreds and hundreds of them - who go into the world… Yes, I find myself sending them off, saying – “Do well.” Rarely, I find myself telling them – “Do good.” Well, you may ask me this: “When a young one does well in life, won’t he/she do good, too?” “So and so is doing very well.” Many of us, often, use this line loosely. Yes, what we are saying here is, that so and so is doing very well in his career, profession… He is doing very well financially… ...