I am your average girl who’s just finished graduating in engineering, and as many would say, an entire world of opportunities lies ahead of me. But just my luck that in the year in which I graduated, the demon called “Recession” raised its ugly head. All dreams of starting my career in my dream company with a bang came crashing down; layoffs became the order of the day and I had a clear glimpse of corporate life even before I had started doing my first job.

Yet now, after lots of deliberations & “Why me?” discussions with friends and family, I feel that in some ways this has given me a chance to reflect upon my life – to discover where my passion lies. I have probably been saved from becoming a robot working for 8 to 10 hours a day, meeting targets/deadlines set by others & most importantly working with the mind rather than the heart.

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However discovering my passion is proving to be the most daunting task I have ever done. Since the time when I was a kid, each passing year, as I grew, built a fence separating me from doing what I loved. By the time I was a teenager, I had almost forgotten what the things I loved to do were. The same is the case with so many people I know.

This happens because as we grow up, our surrounding world conditions us to think that the only objective of our life is to become financially secure. So anything that we do must be such which brings us a step closer to this objective; even our hobbies have to be objective-oriented. This has made us all into stereotypes of one another & each has lost his/her individuality.

Therefore now I am spending my time breaking down these fences one by one in the hope that one day I’ll find that special something hidden in some corner of my mind, wherein my heart also lies. As some wise guy once said that one should always make efforts towards attaining that where your heart lies & rest of the things will automatically fall into place. I must confess that now my life has taken a complete U-turn in a positive way & I am more contented from within.

My advice to you would be to go through this process of breaking down the fences which you’ve built over the years at some stage of your life; the sooner the better. You are sure to find a reservoir of strength, love, vigor & vitality during this process. You will feel oneness with nature and oneness of your mind & heart. Since we humans have been bestowed with the power of thinking in perspective, we must use it to transform our life; making our lives a meaningful and joyous experience. Nothing can stop us from doing this, not even the phenomenon called Recession.