Author: Reenu M.
It was Raunak’ last day at the IT
firm where she had spent the last six years working in the pre-sales team and traveling
all over the world. She had it all – a great resume and equally awesome
personality traits to complement her job demands.
However, this was her parents’
dream not hers. They did everything possible to ensure that their dream came
true and provided her with all possible resources to enhance her natural talents.
They wanted her to bag a great job at an MNC, so that they could get a good
match for her from either the US, Europe, or Australia. That is how they could
ensure that their only daughter was set for life. And they were not wrong. Her
friends’ parents thought so too and many of them were already happily married and
settled abroad. But then again, Raunak’ friends wanted that life for themselves.
Not Raunak though!
She had always wanted to pursue a
career in travel photography. She had loved travelling since she was very
young. She was gifted her first digital camera when she was 13 years old and
she clicked away like there was no tomorrow. That stopped within a few months because
of preparation for exams. But she often managed to steal time for pursuing this
hobby; it was an obsession. She was happiest with the camera, but she did not dare
to mention it to her parents. She was
afraid that they would get angry at her apparent lack of respect for their efforts.
She was right. They were very
angry when she told them a month ago of her decision to quit and start afresh
in the field that she felt so passionate about. They were angry that their
dream of seeing their daughter married & settled abroad came crashing down.
They wondered where they had gone wrong.
Raunak tried to reassure them as
best she could that they did everything right and she did everything to walk
the path they had chosen for her. But something clearly was amiss. She was
happy when she got those awards, promotions at her work; however, more so, when
she was appreciated in her travel blog for her keen eye in her photographs that
she took while travelling around the world.
About six weeks ago, her parents
proposed that she marry their friends’ son. She liked Vyom, he was an awesome yet
nerdy guy who loved to hide behind his gadgets and hated travelling of any kind.
She quit being someone else to
please others. She chose to star in her own new story.
Zinger for the Day:
Be happy and true to being YOU.
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