I want to give you a simple example,a question .Answer to yourself honestly. Maybe you can share with other people. “What if you were to put into a room , a stuffy room ,let’s say in summer , hot ,sweaty and you’d feel like you’re in hell, and with people you don’t like , how’d you feel? But what if you were to put into a room , a worse one , with your beloved girlfriend whom you haven’t seen for a year or so, how’d you feel? Last week I asked this question to one my friends and he gave me a simple but a really helpful answer.His response was” I would say that I would feel more comfortable with my beloved girlfriend in a worse room. This is because the love we share is the most important. If hardships are great and pain is great, the love we have for one another gives us the strength to continue on. Also relationships and people are important! There is nothing else in this world, including money and jobs that we will see after we die. But people, we will see after we die. People live forever! I love people and will endure all hardships to be able to tell people about Jesus and see them in heaven forever. So, the answer is that I would always like to be with the people I love and who love me! Love conquers all.” His response was very simple but it reveals a profound truth. The love you have for your family ,friends and God or your spiritual leader or simply the teachings of your religion, can drive your life . It can show miracles you’d never have imagined. Many leaders have sacrificed for the benefit of the people in their countries, for the people they loved, throughout the human history.And we call them heroes.
But what about your work ? How do you love your work ? Do you really show affection?
I asked you this question to my friend because I wanted an answer, that’s it.I got it now.Thanks a billion for your answer.At first ,my answer for my own question was about loving your hobby, aptitude and your destination. When I was attending 10th standard in my home town, it was very important for me to get good grades so as to be eligible to any university in my country.I loved my goals and I tried very hard and could achieve what I wanted.I had to go to bed lately at night ,at around 12 or 1:00 and get up very early at around 4 or 4:30. Even though I couldn’t have enough sleep as a 16-year-old teenager having to study about 16 hours a day, that was very easy for me.That’s all because I loved it. Even though it might seem scary for some other students( perhaps they’d feel like they’re in hell), it was like playing a game for me and that was fun.I couldn’t score any more than 60% in Maths and I was weak in it , but I welcomed it,it was a challange. I tried and tried and I scored 94% in the final examination and my teacher was surprised.My hardest goal was to be one of the top-ten students in my country .I couldn’t achieve it but I was happy coz I could go to the best university in this country.What I’m talking about is the love you have for your work. When you love your work, you forget all the difficulties and barriers and you’re happy being able to over come barriers that other people can’t even imagine. And you’ll always see the bright side.
I’m attending med school at the moment .I applied for it just because I scored high marks and it’ s the best university in this country. At first it seemed like I’m interested in Medicine but later I knew that it is not my career. And it was not my goal to become a physician . As a child I dreamed of becoming a president and sometimes the world’s richest man.When I grew up I understood that I’m good at computing.I’m no more interested in Medicine and I skip classes too often. When I try to understand the stuffs , I can . But whenever I try to memorize or prepare for the exam ,it’s a big problem for me. I always forget what I’ve been taught or what I’ve read in just a week. And that’s awful.My family and friends insist that I should continue studying medicine and get a degree and a good job and do whatever you like or go abroad( coz I always wanted to live in another country).
I told my friend that at the moment I feel like I’ve been put to a cage( maybe a stuffy room I described) ,perhaps by myself or by the situation.That’s why I decided to get out of the cage. I have decided to leave med school and take an IELTS test and prepare for a journey back home, I don’t mean my home town but my own home of work, the real home I love.I believe I can do that.Leaving med schoold doesn’t mean that my life is going to be bad, it’s all about getting better and achieving freedom. My brain and my mind would be free and able to think and plan for my goals.When you believe in yourself and your energy you can do anything. Barriers are barriers only when you see barriers as barriers.That’s it . People might think that I’m boastful , arrogant and over-confident, but without such attitudes your life’s never going to improve.You’ll be stuck in a rat race ,never improving. Sometimes it would seem like it is improving ,but it’s all about getting into a bigger cycle and so bigger problems.That’s it.
—— I have a girl friend whom I love very much and when I asked her about leaving school, she also says that I should not leave. Then it came into my mind that if I leave med school it would be very difficult for me to get her.No school, no job,no money and she won’t even think about me.And what if I go abroad? When I come back to my country I’d see her as a mother of two or three children ,married to another guy.
. That affects my thoughts. The people you love and the people they love you sometimes can change the way you think and the direction of your life.I think I could relate my friend’s answer to my situation because of her.
What about you? Are you really in love with your work? Do you believe in “LOVE” driven life?