Rita Menon
Guest Author
After a lot many painful bad days of being in a conflict within myself…I figured, what I want in life. Is it easy for all of us to know what we actually want? Or what we think we want is a perception of what society wants us to have?
When we are young, out of school or college, all we want is a job. Once we have the job which gives us acceptance in the society or with the friends circle the next step is to get a wife or husband. Get settled, have a house, get married!! What would be the next transitional goal in this life you live? It’s an easy guess, Children and boom! You have lived a perfect life – job, family, house and of course, society’s acceptance.
Have you ever stopped and asked yourself what you really want? Leave aside the thought of being accepted by society. And just asked yourself, what do I really want in life?
All the things mentioned above are indeed a part of life, steps in the journey you call life. But these cannot be the end goal you try and reach. End goal should be happiness, whatever it takes to reach there.
Happiness is again tricky. What gives you happiness at a certain stage in life, will not continue to keep you happy all along. So how do gauge what will make you happy in the long run? Each one has their own take on what happiness is..depending on your upbringing, your friends, your family and the people who influence in this short life you have.
Solution, live life for the moment, pursue what you want to do.. What you think will be right and what will make you happy for that moment. The only question I ask myself in my impulsive decisions is - will I ever repent this? Will look back and say that ‘this was a bad decision’. If I I know the answer is no, I will do what I feel.
"I am so excited to have the first Guest Post on this blog. Let me introduce Ms.Rita Menon. Rita is a dear friend, a good conversationalist, a writer and when time permits, she works for an investment bank and currently resides in the US. Thank you so much Rita, for the cool conversations and this post. Looking forward to many more..."
- Unnikrishnan
