Every day as a kid, my parents would wake me up and convince me that going to school and working hard in school itself will turn my life upside down. I will get into an awesome college and get an even better job. Better job would mean better prospective grooms. And after I finished school, and went to college, got a job, all I realize is that this is not what I want in life.
We keep running after things that maybe our loved ones have taught us to run after. And one day we get up and realize, that this is not what we really wanted in life. The sad thing about that is that it is usually too late to get up and start from scratch again.
The problem in our value system is that there is no scope for highlighting your mistakes. Mistakes are made and kept hidden. That is all right. But to accept one's mistakes in front of the world was never really an option. We keep making the same mistakes again and again and keep hiding them again and again. That way, we are part of the model Indian culture.
The only way to progress is to accept that you made a mistake. Accept it for yourself, accept it in front of others. Then what others say, doesn't matter. You make a mistake and learn from it. That should be the course of life.
Parents would allow their children to fall and bring them right back up without regretting their choice to give freedom to their children. I have awesome parents. They let me make my mistakes, let me clean up my mess and if I get disheartened, pick me up. I wish that all of us in the the end make our choices, make mistakes and learn in this story of life.
