In high school, I was convinced by a resource speaker that I wanted to study in a University located in big forest town, to take up Agriculture.
But Daddy prevailed, so I took a Science course; after a semester, I shifted to the study of politics, and entered the College of Law at Diliman.
Are you like me and perhaps, thousands of others, who cannot make up their minds when in comes to our life long careers?
Back to my story, I ended up taking a master's degree in business administration, and later on, helped people find training and employment in their profession and trade in the new country in which they chose to live in - Canada.
As kids, most of us dream of becoming big name stars - in business, science, arts and sports.
We see ourselves like our parents, perhaps, or as our idols in the big screen. We often pattern our behaviour and action after our favorite toys and their TV or film personas. Today, tots hold Mega trons, or Ironman, Spiderman, and other comic hero-toys in their hands as if these were real-people playmates and friends.
We also see ourselves as our role models, our teacher, doctor, priest, pastor, fireman, policeman, politician.
But when it comes to really deciding what role to play in our real, mature life, a lot of us become clueless, or just go with what our parents tell us to do, or be guided by the market's employment demand.
The juice or the real dream fades quickly.
Successful personas followed their hearts and their dreams ultimately, even if at first, some had been derailed.
Bill Gates, although rich to start with, dropped out of college, and built his own company, following what his heart dictated to him.
Babe Ruth, called the "Bambino," was sent to a reformatory school at age 7, and rose to become a legend in baseball.
Mother Teresa left her biological family at age 18 and became a nun of St. Loreto, and left this mission and in 7 October 1950 started the diocesan congregation that would become the Missionaries of Charity.
Pope St. John Paul II was an actor, then followed his heart and became a priest, became a Pope and a Saint.
Jesus Christ was a carpenter by trade, but dropped his tools, and followed His heart and His Father, and became Our Saviour.
To become glad and joyful, we all must be honest with ourselves first. We cannot lie to ourselves and expect us to be happy. Think of the job that makes you happy and feel fulfilled at doing, prepare or train for it, and do it.
Of course, criminal activities or illegal jobs are a BIG NO.
If you are happy doing what you are doing, you'd be good at doing it and you'd spread that joy to every person you come in contact with. You infect the world you move in, in your own little way, and maybe later, in a really big way.
