Lesson Learned

Last night while I was doing my nightly channel surfing I came across the local news regarding the recent bar exam passers. You can see in people's eyes how they eagerly waited for the results to arrive and how they were anxious as hell to know if they passed or not. Being a recent board passer myself I think back a month ago when I received the good news.

My mind went blank. Unlike those bar exam passers, I didn't care much about the board exam. I never wanted to take up nursing but I didn't know what course to take either. Anyway, there's nothing left for me to bicker, I finished the course and passed the boards. My point is -PASSION separates the bar and board exam passers. It's undeniably true that those who took the bar wanted to be lawyers ever since they set foot on their respective schools. And most of those who took the latter were either forced by their parents or left with no choice.

We live in a world where convenience dominates our everyday lives, afraid of the ebb and tide we follow the current and ride the waves of practicality. Being a believer of idealism, I don't follow the standard of what people think is right. I have my own set of rules and values I accept as true. But living with people who believes that realism is the key to success is hard, I could not resist the force that pushed me to forget all about my ideals. I was living without motivation for years.

This is what people lack nowadays, the will to choose what they want againts the ever watchful eye of the public. This I believe results in graduates who are confused and doesn't know where to start when in fact they should be continuing the paths they chose in college. I was in limbo months after I graduated. I thought I was free and I could do whatever I want to do but in fact I got tied on to my not chosen career. I was left with two choices - either I continue floating like a dead fish or I'll take the risk and choose to believe with my ideals.

Lesson learned.