No..This is not a post about the early 80s Bond flick starring Sean Connery and Kim Bassinger(who looks GREAT btw)... This is about certain situations in my life where i had said.."NEVER!"
There have been many situations in my life where i had said "I am never going to to that".... Lets illustrate a few:
Ever since i was little, the fear of maths was deeply entrenched in my psyche. I used to always fare poorly in the subject once i got beyond 5th standard. Not that i fared very well in other, but maths was one of the worse. And as you can guess from this, i didnt do too well in my 10th standard maths papers either. That firmly confirmed my dislike for the subject. Now having taken admission for science stream, maths was pretty much part and parcel of the whole affair. I did HORRIBLY in 11th standard as well(in maths that is). The conviction deepened. I announced that i HATED maths and i would NEVER like it...EVER! In conjunction i also announced that i would NEVER do engineering..EVER!
Then came along a phase in my life which changed a lot of things in my life. My parents put me in a 12th standard maths tution(EVERYONE who was ANYONE went to NMK..I went to a vitually unknown entity at that time). But that turned out to be a masterstroke. My teacher slowly but surely got rid of my dislike for the subject and in the end i ended up scoring quite well in my boards. And got admission into engineering as well..And now i actually enjoy anything mathematical...
Never right? Well..Engineer forever now!:-)
Sticking with academics, after completing my engineering i had announced that i would NEVER do a post graduation. Would NEVER give the CAT. Well, 2 years hence i was studying for the CAT and 2 years further on i am a qualified MBA....
Never right? Well..Post graduate forever now!:-)
Now, in my family everyone is known for their hair...or rather the lack of it. Hence when i was little(r), i had always said i would NEVER grow my hair.. Well, i grew my hair..Grew them long.. And am now attempting that feat again...
Also, when i was college, these high end coffee places had just started out. CCD, Barista et all. I used to wonder back then why peopl paid 50 bucks for a coffee and i would NEVER spend that kinda money on a coffee when i can buy a whole packet of coffee for half that price. Well, now i gulp atleast 2 of those coffees down every week...
Never right? Well..Coffee lover forever now!:-)
When i was doing my engineering and after i started out working, my mother used to always be after me to get into IT..."They pay well" used to be her argument. I had announced then that i would NEVER be an IT professional and bang away on a keyboard in front computer for 8 hours a day...Well, look at me now. I AM banging away on a keyboard in front of a computer...Not for 8 hours though..For 10 hours a day...
Never right? Well..IT guy for a while atleast now!:-)
After all this, what is the moral of the story? Or stories in this case. Well, never close the door on any option in your life. You never know when you might be walking through that door. Into a better life!
Never say..."Never!" again...
