M Lovin' IT !!!!!

As I sit here in my cubicle, on a regular day at work, I am thinking to myself how I feel being in this job, in this very place. Does it make me happy ?

I am sure many of us, who are working, must be having these thoughts once in a while.

Here's what I usually think.....I was a bright student from the very beginning and dreamt of being an astronaut one day( yes, I was over ambitious, as a child should be, I believe), never occurred what it meant to be an astronaut....just dreamt and carried it for long in my mind.

As I passed out of school, thought of pursuing engineering, something everybody was doing. Did that and again, had in my mind somewhere, I will NEVER join IT industry.It's not my cup of tea.

Campus placements approached and hola....was placed in an IT giant. Yes, never mind, plans don't always work, nor they are meant to. That's life.

Loved what I was learning along the way and now, I have been doing regular things for quite sometime now. Astronaut....have kept that for dreaming.

In this whole process which we call LIFE, I met hundreds of people, with most of whom, I have no contact, but they all have affected me, my life in different ways, putting aside the fact whether a huge affect or a little one. But that changed me, as a person.

We always want to be in the comfort zone, we create with some people, places, city, even company for which we work and never want to get out of it for long.

But does that happen...? A sure NO. So, here I am thinking all this and I realize, I have a happy life. I may complaint all day long about things, about people. But, I am happy.

I wanted to earn money, wanted to see new places, meet new people, live in different cultures, get myself a decent life, and to be able to appreciate what I have been surrounded with. I got all of that, like most of us.

On the lines of IT, where we have this huge importance of data, security, access and what not, I sometimes feel this whole beautiful world is a company, the resources nature has to offer, are the assets. But then God, He doesn't allow each one of us to lead the same life. Here comes the access part, the catch. We do not have access to everything that He has created. I have not been to Africa, so I suppose I have not been given access to those big, dense, famous jungles.

But, that's not disappointing, because I think I have not appreciated enough the things which I get everyday.Those little happy things which make Life. It's not about big or small things, money or luxury. It's simple things, like I have safe drinking water to drink, unlimited, many don't have that privilege. So, I am a privileged user of that.

Just wonder, what we have and how much we appreciate all of that. Complaints, yes ! Everybody have them , but that shouldn't be all the time.

Life is a gift, very cliched phrase I know. But, that's the summary. It's meant to be preserved, to be enjoyed, to be loved and to be cared. Don't let it slip while you are complaining, cursing it.

You never know how beautiful your life is, because may be you never thought what it's like to be a hostage, to be a victim of tsunami. There's a lot of good things to experience.

Making money is good, but again, that's not the end....meet your loved ones, because you might be living for long, but may be the time gap will kill the love. Treasure the feelings, the togetherness. We don't know what will happen after this life. As long as you're there, realize its importance.

Stop being sad and gloomy, stop being too busy making money, stop being too adamant and repulsive. Just feel how privileged a creature you are. There will be lows and highs, but then that's the charm and beauty of it.

Sit back and enjoy it in a while because it's better late than never !!!!!!!!