Journey

As the month of December draws closer, my excitement grows at an ever-increasing pace. It is hard to work or study for a moment without counting the number of days left for December 7th. Right now, there are just thirty days left for a journey, which will be the most exciting journey of my life. The journey back home. It seems like such a long time back that I arrived in a cold and gloomy city. Pitch dark at 4pm and showing no sense of hope, it seemed like a difficult place to live for. For the first time in my life I have experienced such a drastic change, from one season to another, from one experience to another. It’s been some journey this last year, and I keep reminding myself, it ain’t over yet. I remember contemplating in my articles, written earlier this year, whether I had made the right decision. I am leading towards a stage where I think the answer might be in the affirmative. I have never regretted any decision in my life yet and as Kareena says in Jab We Met (best movie I have seen this year), Babaji, you have helped me maintain my record :). Thank you.
Coming here to do MBA had many reasons. The more obvious ones being better career opportunities, better education, etc. However, something that I often felt in my initial years of work was that I lacked the appreciation of what I had at work. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t lack the hunger for success but I just couldn’t appreciate what I got. This was probably because I did not struggle much to do what I was doing. That was something I wanted to improve on. After almost a year here of surviving for the next day, hunting tons of jobs and having very little hope of being any better, struggle is not a stranger anymore. However, as winter faded away and summer approached I hoped that it brought better days for me. As per expectations it did!
As another winter approaches I try to brace myself to what Canada hasn’t thrown at me yet. Maybe this time I will have something new for it. Bonne Chance pour moi!