Half a year has passed and it seems like yesterday. It was yesterday (or six months back) that I had an anxious father and a depressed mother who complained of sleepless nights as their only daughter was away in far away lands and pleaded coming back home.
It was yesterday my boss (ex) called me in to his cabin and asked to take over in the next rung of the ladder as he is impressed with the past month's results.
It was yesterday that I had walked up to claim my extra monetary reward on exceptional performances.
and Its Today that I sit by lonely in front of this old computer browsing job portals, getting excited as every phone ring (in the hope of a potential interview call), having to silently accept the advice poured in by any tom dick and harry, see the depressed face of either parent at some point of the day ( their only darling daughter is unemployed and unmarried) and fret about my destiny.
Now what had happened in between this? Why was my yesterdays so fulfilling and today so void. I think in between somewhere I yearned being with my parents, I longed for companionship, I needed to celebrate my life with my dear and near ones. I remember how I longed for my daddy as I had to walk back home alone after those late night shifts. I had wished to hug mummy and cry when a certain show of mine failed. I had felt empty everytime I had received a bonus or appreciation as I had no one to rejoice in. I was convinced of making the right decision when friends applauded my decision to quit my job just because family was my priority.
It was he my friend who kept warning me, "Maybe you just need some holidays, you are overworked. Go on holidays and come back. Dont be foolish"! " No, there is no use in such a life, we earn to live happy. What use of a life when there is no happiness. Maybe later in life I might not get such a well paid job but we three (mummy, daddy and me) would be happy together", and such did I argue.
As I wind up this post of mine, I am convinced that you dont work just for the money but also for a social life, self realisation, to hold your head up high. Family, happiness, joy all has a place but better when on a holiday I suppose !!!
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