An
Incredible two-year Masters’ Journey in Words
Twenty-four hours in a day is
just not enough. Time is a sprinting machine in fate’s hands and life is all
about managing your fate and destiny. I am fortunately blessed with a life that
provides so much more to do and in turn I end up chasing time to accomplish
everything I wish for. The last 2 years in this wonderfully built Garden City
has taught me more than anything I could ever imagine. Sometimes it is the
people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can ever
imagine. This epic quote from The Imitation Game suits perfectly well for the
roller coaster ride in the last 22 months pursuing my Master’s degree. Life has
always given me experiences by teaching the hardest lessons. I have felt like
broke countless times and in several circumstances I was plighted with fear and
uncertainty. People say that your present life is because of your past deeds
and your future depends on present actions. I complete agree with this; however
I am always curious to know how much wrong had I done in my past life so as to
face all these miseries in this present life continuously. The most important
lesson I learnt with all these mysteries is just to live in the present every
day, every moment. You cannot change your past whilst you cannot completely
determine your future. The ultimate truth of life is just now, this very
moment. It has to be the toughest when life takes you a Final Destination
roller coaster ride every time. But I realized, we live life to the fullest
only when our death is near. When we let our memories and ambitions – which in
many cases, fantasies – take over us, we lose the present. Time whistles past
you and after which you can never even hear the sound. I began my Masters’ here
with a cause and effect mind set. I believed that there will be a positive
consequence after the course completion. Fortunately, it happened; however, the
entire process between the input and the output was a thorough refined learning
experience. I understood that ‘cause and effect’ relationship applies for the
subjects we study and not for the people considered to be ‘subjects’ in the
modern-day civilization. Human mind is a sacred one except that it turns
different after the age of childhood. The mind always reciprocates the actions
of the body and very few alone have mastered the reverse way and they have
become the cultural and scientific icons of the present-day flourishing human
society. When people apply their ‘cause and effect’ function corresponding to
their ambition, they lose the very noble reason of perseverance and the
blissful joy of undergoing the process. Even when the results are optimistic,
people fail to realize the complete happiness out of it.
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| Hoping for a redemption that will eclipse time, faith and me. |
A
divine blessing, I should say, influenced my thought process and made me
understand not everything is a ‘cause and effect’ process, particularly
when it involves human mind, heart and soul. I felt the joy of learning, earned
invaluable memories and great set of passionate people as friends through the
whole process. I have also been fortunate enough to realize the true beauty of
a good life filled with infinite optimism, kindness and an ultimate vision. The
scenario has become much more sophisticated when confidence creeps in. It
brings with it lot of lessons on management and pragmatism to the table and
that is a skill which is always significant. Life is like a box of chocolates;
you never know what you’re going to get. I second this Forrest
Gump monologue since I have experienced it myself. The process between
an engrossing input and an unpredictable output is what matters the most. Down
the line, when you sit back and think, all that surrounds your mind will be the
one what you actually did and not what actually happened before and not what
should have happened after. The beauty of living in the present is that the
time itself is a gifted teacher. It has taught me two most vital life-changing
lessons. Firstly, never regret any of your decisions in life; just move forward
to convert the regret into a delight. Secondly, never compete with anyone;
just compete with yourself always surpassing your own expectations about
yourself and achieving content and internal happiness. Everyone on Earth has
been blessed with a soul that can live, breathe, think, survive and die;
ultimately what matters the most is the satisfaction we achieve between birth
and death. The art of being content is itself life’s most beautiful compliment.
However, to achieve that it takes one’s lifetime. This two year journey has
given me all. It has made a stronger person than I ever was and I believe that
nothing ever could hurt me more than myself. The journey has gifted me my
greatest friends whom I will cherish for life and for whom I will be always
there. The roads I traveled has taught me how insignificant sadness is when
nature has so much beauty encapsulating it. The sunrise I saw made me realize
that a person could be the most recognized and the least bothered at the same
time depending on your comparison of the eternal Sun with yourself. It’s the
way how we position our thoughts. It defines you as a person who is everything
that is goodness if the thoughts are in the right place for the right purpose.
Now, we all need to start yet another journey of solitude, but sometimes
entertaining too. Faith is an absorbing element to truth and it can only make
your soul much more alive all the time. Hope is a good thing; maybe the best of
things and no good thing ever dies. Any redemption is always great and it makes
the story of mankind even richer. Time could have encapsulated lives but
greatness always encloses time beyond imagination. Hoping for a redemption that
will eclipse time, faith and me.
