“You must have a vision and be focused,” “You must live for one thing,” “You should have a life statement,” “Life is about focus,” there are so many emphatic admonitions about living right?
Once a friend, an aspiring ‘motivational speaker’ (if that’s a job) asked me to summarize my life vision in one sentence. I couldn’t. One sentence was not enough. Then he asked what I wanted to do with my life; what I want to live for. I explained, but he didn’t want an explanation, he wanted a concise answer something along the lines of,’I want to be a top most HR specialist.’
Maybe if he had asked in my University days, I would have had that kind of answer, one sentence straight to the point- “I want to be a doctor”. But, no, I don’t want to be a doctor, I love to write, write whatever lingers in my heart and head. I am an administrator by acquired skills, and I love that JD, I love working around people, I am a student and staunch believer of the behavioural management theory. I love HR.
Creativity catches my eye too, I would love to be a dress maker someday; it’s a dream tucked somewhere in my heart. I love music, though my voice is as good as the cricket’s own but I’d love to make music with my hands; on the keyboards or strings. The camera is like an obsession to me too; either I’m in front or behind, I love photography. The clicks of shutter make me get giddy – the object of the photograph could be nature or human. All of these I love and would try out on a professional level.
How do I put these all in one sentence? How can you tell me to live for one thing? I can’t! Others may though but I speak for myself. I live for many things and my focus is happiness. As long as I am happy and feel that deep satisfaction within- I continue on whatever I am doing.
I am also not ashamed to state that when the fulfillment lifts, I shift base. I live to connect with my inner being, to give expressions to the things I love. I can’t live for one thing…yet I am not clueless, I am not ‘unfocused’, I am just me, my goal isn’t a destination per se, my goal is to find happiness as I keep on in life.
It’s okay if anyone lives for one thing alone, but I don’t. I have many desires, many ambitions, and if you are like me, live for all, express yourself, season by season.
One day my twitter bio may read- wife, mother, friend, sister, dress-maker by day, writer by night, musician on weekend, photographer always, #teamhappy.
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