Stability

In February of last year, I decided to quit studying Commerce. I was doing really well in the program. I consistently achieved a high average, I was involved in many extracurricular activities as an Executive member, and I connected with a lot of recruiters. I loved meeting them. All these were great, but I was not happy. I was not intellectually stimulated by cash flows, balancing the balance sheets, marketing, finance, organizational behaviour, you name it. I knew that I was set. I knew that I could make a steady income from a 9-5 job upon graduation. However, it meant nothing to me when I was so miserable and when I did not feel like my gifts, talents, skills and intellects were shining their light. Even if you have the most stable job, there will always be an unstable part of your life. That is life. So, why settle for a stable job that does not make you happy, when there will always be some unstability, anyway? Why settle in the first place?

As Christopher McCandless, an American wanderer, once said:

"So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greather joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun."

Go out there and explore all you can and seize all you want. Be up and about! Keep your fire growing in your heart and go after your passion.


With love, hope and faith,

SW