I am turning 25 tomorrow... It has been two and a half decades since I stepped into this world... And has there been any fruitful outcome? I have been asking this for sometime now... What are my career goals? How am I going to leave my footprint in this world? And even if I did, would it get lost among the million others left behind by my contemporaries? Or would it be masked by people who are to follow?
I answer myself: "Leaving behind something is more important than trying to preserve its identity". And the next question is: "What are you going to do?" This has probably been the biggest questions that has been lingering in my mind for some time. It all lies in finding out what is going to keep me happy. I believe that leading a selfless life is more gratifying to me than anyother thing. But I have no roadmap for that... Poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, disparities in the society and a lot more social ills... It pains when people are deprived of their basic needs... "Thani oru manidhanukku unavillai enil jagathinai azhithiduvom..." He said that ages back... And are we any closer to it?
With all this in mind, I am in a place thousands of miles away from my country... a country that is infested with most of these ills... When will I start fighting them in my motherland? With a burdened heart, I salute the soldiers that are currently fighting them... I hope to take my first steps at the earliest...
25 years... useful only waive off the underage fee to rent a car!
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first, happy birthday.
second, i am not sure what else you feel you have accomplished, but you certainly have been a fantastic elder bro >:D<
You have company Hari and i am pretty sure that is no solace to either of us. I am well over a quarter of a century old and i have already decided what my life is revolving around.My family. It becomes difficult for me to concentrate on being altruistic outside my family circle. While i agree that its no excuse,i shamelessly accept that its the fact. Hence my request to you is if you are passionate about what you just said, don't start hoping,start acting.
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