As he finished answering the last question in his aptitude test, he smiled at the irony of it all…
There was a time, a long time ago, when the fear of injections and vaccines had put a noble thought in his head – that he would become a doctor, a doctor who would take care of all the illnesses in the world, without hurting patients.. well all patients except some teachers,a few boys from the other gang and some assorted enemies he had made during his seven years of life so far…
But after he had heard his grandmother say that there was nothing better than to be able to sing and bring joy to millions of people, he had thought he should become a singer…considering that he had been won a whole lot of music competitions at school and otherwise in his twelve year life, he had every reason to believe that he would make a good singer…
He hated the injustice happening in the world, the way humans were treating other humans who were less fortunate than them… how humans were taking things for granted, and going along a path where the only aims were achieving more power and money without any concern for anything around them.. at 15 years of age,having been a part of the school debate team for over 3 years, he did believe he would make a good lawyer…
engineering was a good career option, especially if you were the kind who could build bridges,airports, railways etc.. that way, he could become directly involved with the development happening around him.. 22 years of life had taught him that noble thoughts had to go hand inhand with practicality, and there was a career to be made…it also taught him that an MBA could be a ticket to future successes.. that was why he was writing the aptitude test…
as he finished the aptitude test, he realised that it was quite similar to life.. for there were a lot of questions in which he felt that all the choices given were possible..
unfortunately,among the options, he could never find ‘all of the above’…
until next time, life’s like that….
Alchemist told that only one dream from your heart worth chasing till the end . u seems to have multiple choice there too. all seems to be good options too.
SD.
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i love this one , manu . really well put.
“unfortunately,among the options, he could never find ‘all of the above’…” fantastic 😀
Interesting read..!
oh yes. i too find a lot of similarity b/w aptitude tests and life. for one questions r hardly straight….lot life life, see!!!
🙂
Life is just like that brother, just like that.
and with just one stroke..life is changed forever!
dreams: well, thats mr.coelho’s opinion… upto us to agree, choose etc… y, thanks!! 🙂
sanguine: thx 🙂
vanilla: but i wonder if it is us who are making it crooked 🙂
pleo: yup..
i quite envy ppl who know at age 7 or something what exactly it is that they aer cut out to do.. really truly envy that…
austere
mirrors my feelings to the last word…
this is the state in which i am right now…
http://thoughtsafari.blogspot.com/2005/03/being-twenty-something_30.html
Thats life i guess so many options to choose from but no definite answer whether what we do is right or wrong i wish we had an option as u said “All of the above” nice post btw
austere: they might know something then, but they may not be right… but yes, if they do, and they are right, i am green too 🙂
brood mode: read that now, i guess we all are …
Hey Manu.. is it the basic nature of the fish? yea, i’m also one of them and like you, has always wished that “if” there was such an option.
i am going thru a similar phase now, i really hope that an aptitude test solves all that. really liked the end about all of the above…just fiction or does it bear any autobiographical touch?
wot abt ‘none of the above’?:)
Very well written…I think this is one of your best, yet!
hehe, erratica is going thru that….
oh she said it already. but manu, i dono bout all o da above options…sumtimes u can do it all, have it all….or mayb its a different example.
Well, thank god postman, tragedy queen and journalist didnt figure out in the list as it did in mine!
anz: yup, the definition is only urs..
pradeep: more of inherent human nature, i think ..
erratica: smart girl :).. theres indeed an autobiographical touch… btw, an aptitude test is not an end..
pixel: in an aptitude test, its easy coz u dont have to give an answer, but in life, its difficult coz u have to have an answer, some answer..