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What you want in life? Earn money, have fun and live without tension. Being a youngster this is what we all think. If not all, most of us do. This the sole reason why we see students taking admission in colleges because of placement assurance rather than a good teaching faculty. We want to have a job that should give us millions of dollars. But we forget to realize that it will also take millions of hours of dedication and efforts. But until we realize such a situation, we got already sunk. And then we try to live our life in small intervals on Sundays or holidays because we think that we can’t change our life now. I realized this fact a bit late, but not late enough.
I was very happy sitting inside a classroom and waiting for the professor to deliver a lecture. I was pursuing Master’s. I was interested because that lecture was about passion. We have heard a lot about this world, but rarely we get insights of a successful person. In another 5 minutes it all began.
It was a real interesting session and I was mesmerized at the words and the presentation. When I went back to my room and sat alongside my laptop, I was still in that lecture. Few words were still hovering around my mind and I was amazingly dissolved in it.
“Passion needs perseverance. Passion is something that gives meaning to life. Everyone is passionate about something. Find out that thing and you will never get bored of doing what you are doing. Even money comes to the person who is passionate.”
While I have yet to understand the deeper meaning of it, I went back towards my graduation days. How I entered inside an engineering college and was very happy. How I enjoyed my college days and then got placed in an organization. The thought of earning loads of money was in my head. It was not me alone, but everyone around me believed in that concept. I worked for 2 years, but something was wrong. I was still not enjoying the full. I was unable to track it down. But then I decided to for higher studies so that I could earn more money. And this lecture actually woke me up again. While going parallel there was something that I was doing without actually realizing.
I have written poetry since my school days. Even the Dean of my post graduation had appreciated my poem. ‘Eureka’ it was for me. I had written more than 100 poems, but never felt bored or uninterested. And when your professor appreciates you for your poetry that means there is something in that poetry.
I realized the meaning of that lecture, I realized the meaning of passion. But then again realizing something and then walking through that road are two entirely different decisions. While I was thinking about this, I started to portray the difficult road ahead of me. There were several questions inside me.
Even the society around me indicated in numerous ways that poetry or writing is something vocational. It is something that you do along side your job. I was brought up in that environment. I was told about doctor and an engineer. I was told about science, commerce and arts. I was told not to play because you will not get anything by playing for hours. And that is why after that lecture I was a bit serious. I was still thinking that someone tole me wrong about something. I still had to know my capabilities. For knowing my capabilities I had to break my limitations. I felt a bit confused about this. It is always dangerous to deny your identity. It is always hard to say ‘ WhatevER I was doing was not actually what I wanted to do’. I was in that dilemma. There were several questions hovering inside my own consciousness.
Should I leave this field of engineering after coming so far away? Should I make writing as my first choice? Is there a career possible in writing? Can I do it?
And then I read a lot of biographies of the great personalities and realized that they created history at what they were good at. Something that came within them and as soon as they realized they started working on it. That was enough for me to give it a try. I knew that I will not lose anything but if I will find that thing then I will gain the ultimate prize and that prize would be the peace of mind.
I started writing poetry seriously along with my studies. I had no idea about writing industries or what it takes to be a poet. I started searching about publishers and finally got one. After 3 months I became a published writer. When I touched my first hard copy, I was awestruck. In my entire life I never thought that I would be able to become a published writer. The most important part was that, I enjoyed every moment of that journey. Finally, I decided to go for it and start my new life. I decided to become a poet.
And today here I stand, four years from that day. I have written 10 poetry books and one short story book. I have been a part of 64 poetry anthologies/magazines with poets around the world. All of them are published and available online. I have won various poetry competitions. I have won Award for excellence in literature for my short story and I have been a part of an anthology that has entered into the ‘Limca Book of Records 2015’. I have written more than 1000 poems and short stories, yet feeling full of ideas and words.
I must say that now my passion of writing poetry has reached to such a level that I started going much deeper into it by experimenting with new poetic forms. With every further step I am enjoying. I am mesmerized by the world of poetry and my interest in it. I am starting to increase my wings and also writing blogs. I could see that this world also holds unlimited possibilities and opportunities.
Today I can say without hesitation that my new life is much better and satisfying than my previous one. This life has my passion and I ready to redefine myself. I wish the same for everyone else. I know it is hard to foresee the future. But it that future contains your passion then you will certainly paint that sky.
This all happened because I decided to ‘Start a new life’.
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