D:I want to be an engineer. And like my bro and dad, from IIT.
R:I ended up being a surrogate engineer. Civil Engineering is looked upon as a discipline which does not deserve the 'engineering' tag.
D:I want a campus placement in one of the software companies , preferably CTS. At that time, CTS was the highest paid employer in software.
R:I got an offer from Paharpur Cooling Towers Limited and started at a salary of 9700 per month, which was the lowest offered at my University.
D:I want to do a MBA, and from IIM Calcutta.
R:After two consecutive shots at that, on the 3rd attempt I finally made it to SPJIMR, Mumbai. Miracles do happen.
D:I want millions.Now.
R:Leave alone 'now'. I can't even see that in the near future !
Now, in this context, my mother wants me to get married. And I have to select my partner. Recipe for a perfect disaster !
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Interesting dialogue.
As for the discrepancy between the dream and reality, well many a times we end up shaping our dreams around how we want to be perceived by others, rather than how we want to be. This leads to the gap. When we are always trying to run after parameters set by others,we always fall short. Even if we reach the parameter.
I would not be presumptuous enough to assume this is your case, but this is how it is in general.
To quote Mr. Spock [the vulcan from star Trek ;)] from "Amok Time":
'After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.'
oh just wonderful..u speak for so many of us..
the moot point is to have a dream, doesn't matter how far the achieved reality is; which in ur case, is really not too far. After all, you ARE an engineer, ARE an MBA and ARE a millionaire (in Zimbabwe currency).
So go ahead for the nuptial knot :)
Vulcan:
I quite agree, that wanting is wonderful. Same thing as enjoying the journey and not the destination. But sometimes, sometimes it is essential to reach the destination so that you have the heart to go for the next journey !
Liveyourdreams:
Aw, c'mon, I thought that would be the only currency where I would be at least a billionaire! :))
Moral of the story: Scale down your dreams ;)
SRK:
Moral of the story: Whatever you dream, will not come true !
bullshit man...
why do u have to have dreams which say "i want something LIKE that"... set your own parameters...
and if you have failed (read: fallen short), why do you have to put it on a public forum and accept it?
so far, i have always gotten what i wanted... that is the attitude i have. ;)
"Moral of the story: Whatever you dream, will not come true !"
NOT! All my dreams have come true... except mebbe for the bungalow at Malabar Hill, the Ferrari and a dinner date with Asin and Salma Hayek...
Ranga:
Well, I have never shied away from accepting the truth. Even if it be brutal. If you are questioning the forum for acceptance - well, then, yeah - that image helps I guess.
Vijay:
Now, those are dreams in your dreams. Start derivatives trading. Someday, you might be able to make it to Malabar Hills ;)
recipe for disaster..only if you want it to be.....
dreams should be our own..and so should be our own space...and our right to live it alone or share it with a partner.....
you will ruin it for the girl more than for yourself..if you get married with this mindset...
and..after some time she might get attracted to soemone else..and decide to have a extra martial affair...and....there it is..the perfect "murder" story where you are ashmit patel..and your future wife is" mallika sherawat"....
im not the one to give advice...just throwing in my thoughts on this...take care!!!
Shooting Star:
I don't quite agree that I will ruin it MORE for my wife. I think the responsibility of a broken marriage lies with both assuming of course, that both had given it their best shot.
But I do agree, that I am quite capable of screwing up on my marriage. The problem of being impatient I suppose.
And Mallika Sherawat for a wife ! Now, that would be a handful ! :)
Nice post... They say, "Aim for the stars and you will reach the roof. Aim for the roof and you may get neither". So, I think rather than scaling down our dreams, its about realizing that we continue to dream Big so that we peak in on our efforts towards reaching that dream. We may not actually get it... what matters is knowing that we tried our best and probably this is the farthest we could have reached any other ways!
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