I had a good job – the pay wasn’t ‘buy-a-house-tomorrow’ type, but the people were A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. The culture was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. The job itself involved a lot of travel and every 2 months I was doing something different so the learning was non-stop.
I have THE BEST parents ever…. And my sister is my soulmate (she just doesn’t realize it yet ;D)
I can’t complain about anything regarding my friends – except I wish most of them were in town! But the one’s that are and the one’s that aren’t are perfect :)
Until I met the tarot card reader!
Just for kicks… she told me to ask her 3 questions and by the power vested in her card reading abilities, she would answer my questions. I asked her about family, love and my job! The first two were acceptable answers because the choice was going to be mine at the end of the day. But when I asked her about my job, she gave me a blank look and said something I feared since the time I had my first review with my mentor at work, but never had the guts to put into words… The card she had pulled out was a picture of a lady holding two pots with water flowing out of them, one she poured into a well and the other she poured into a lake. This is exactly what she said,
“You are not in any position to ask me that question at this point, at this moment. What have you given to your work that you are wondering if it meant for you or not? You have treated your job as you would any other activity that you do just to pass your time! You have performed well till now, but not because you tried hard or because that was your goal. You have not focused on your career – as the card says. You are busy handling two emotional baggage’s that leaves you with no time to pave way for a real career!”
Jeez..!! She was absolutely right. This job had fallen into my lap and I was doing nothing to nurse it. I was just cradling it with no intent of nurturing it…!
And I knew this for sometime now. All my peers had sometime or the other made decisions that gave priority to their job over their fun and games. I had never. And I had more often than not given them the “you live only once” lecture!
Thank you miss Tarrot card reader! Even if you didn’t convert this cynic into a believer, you did give me focus!
Now I am future tense :(
1 comment:
Finally an update! God does work in mysterious ways...
Ok abt the tarot card lady sitting in the corner of Casa del Sol.. why is what she said about ur job bothering you so much?! First jobs r meant to be like that - and this is totally bbm snobbishness speaking here - we all got our first jobs in our respective laps (except sm ad gurus who persisted in their hunt! :)) and we all worked hard at it and we all had fun for the most of it! I think ur first job-job in life is just meant to tell u whether that shit is meant for u, or wud u be happier doing other things such as sleeping! And so u dint give it ur 100% according to card lady - u still were and are damn good at it!
And ok - the lady said blah blah - what dya wanna do ('do' in bold italics and caps) abt it now?!
After all, u live only once! Amen. ;)
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