A Letter To A Student

Dear Prince,

You have always been a bright student throughout the academics. And I know you always keep rising and shining. But your life is going to change from now. You will face a lot of challenges and maybe the toughest will be from your closed ones. They may push you to complete your degree first and have a decent job, then do whatever you want to do. No! Never go for it. It's a trap, the biggest trap. It has trapped a number of people and made their life a hell to survive in. And maybe next is you. Beware! Don't do it for your parents or others. Do it for yourself. Because a few years from now they won't be running in the rat race like a donkey. They won't be tossing and turning in the bed, the whole night with frustration. They won't be wearing a fake smile, just to show others that you love your life, but deep inside tired and depressed.

Today they are reasoning it for degree and job, a few years from now they will be pushing you for marriage and then children. And then there will be a never looking back. Not everyone has the courage to come out of the trap, once they reach the comfort zone.

I understand you want to make your parents proud. Everyone has this desire and there is nothing bad about it. But that's where you need to pause and take a stand for yourself. Make yourself proud, because if your parents really love you, which they really do, they will be surely proud of you.

And if you don't know what to do then ask yourself, keep asking until you get your answer. It is there, within you. Have faith in yourself, you will surely find your answer. It's not about something big or small. And most importantly it has a little to do with money. It's more about satisfaction because that's what you need to live a peaceful life. It will not come overnight, it will take its time. You may fail a number of times, sometimes daily but then everything will be worth once you fulfil your karma. And it's not just a mere philosophy, you will believe it, once you start living it. Do it now or never.

Yours Truly,

Abhishek