Yesterday seems like another graduation day for me, it's just that I'm without the proper gear (graduation gown and cap). But this time i have only 1 fellow supportive comrade with me.
How do i feel? Would you believe me if i tell you i felt nothing?
So many years in a company, i know i am insignificant, and no where near any success.
Confucius said "Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure".
I have seen so many people working hard and preparing themselves ahead, and yet success never came knocking on their doors. Do i fear that it will happen to me as well? That crosses my mind so very often, i am constantly preparing myself to accept failures and disappointments (无常), so that when it does happen, i can accept it calmly with poise. After all, not everyone is destined to succeed. I was only an ok student, never the cream of the crop, so i should be contented with what i have now.
Perhaps there's no need to insist on anything, if I'm not fated to have it, God must have other plans for me. Or maybe that someone did more merits, and deserves it more than me. Surely i will have it the next round, as one must always be hopeful.
There's this saying which i wholeheartedly believe in "you gain some, you lose some" (有得, 必有失). Learn how to take glory and defeat humbly with a pinch of salt.
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