Grititude

It is that day, I realized how I am blessed and fortunate in all aspects. It is not that I won big prize money or an award nor that I got any gifts or so-called any achievement. It is not even that any of my dreams came true. It was the day when my twin brother departed from this world!!! Oh, if you are thinking that was he so much troublemaker for me, no not at all. We loved each other thick and thin. Being twin brothers, it was almost like two bodies and one soul! Then why I am saying that I realized how blessed and fortunate I am.

My twin brother and I grew up together, studied together in the same school and both of us were brilliant and hardworking enough to get into good colleges for our graduations. We both managed to do well academically and got into professional careers soon after acquiring a similar level of educational qualifications.

Having described so much similarities between us, it is also obvious that no single individual can be exact replica of any other individual in this world except that there is a belief that a set of 7 persons across the globe can look alike physically but when it comes to mentality, thoughts, nature, etc there can be no replica at all. 

Having unique thoughts, likings, approach towards life and circumstances, personal interests like hobbies and leisurely engagements were quite apart between us. Also, I always carried an opinion that my twin brother was more fortunate as he could accumulate much more wealth than me and fame and recognition over a period. I used to wonder while almost all parameters being common between us, he was able to create better wealth and acquired fame and recognitions much better than me. While he was fully occupied with his professional commitments which were his primary focus, I had my own path. While I did focus on my professional career, it was not that my entire life was about career. I had several other things in life which interested me. I always spend time on my passion for running, fitness activities, art, music and other engagements. Probably I have been trying to balance every dimension of my interests which might have resulted in less success in a career than my twin brother while it was not that I was not successful. I have been progressing professionally at an above-average pace.