I
have a young friend who did his IIT and MS and made his pile in US by starting
an IT company. After about two decades when he had earned enough, he quit and
took to reading astronomy. He acquired a doctorate in his early forties and is now
in the academic line guiding students. It is not just a change in profession as
many do in their career from one company to another. It is a conscious decision
to live a new and totally different life.
There
are many who do that if they are in a position to do so. I have read in a book
by Kopmeyer that Dr Schweitzer lived four different lives As a Doctor of
Philosophy, he authored many books. He later earned a Doctorate in Theology to
become a curate in a church to lead a different life. Not content with this
experience in life also, he pursued his interest in music and became a renowned
concert organist. The urge to serve the poor and depressed goaded him to become
a physician and surgeon. He served the sick in the hostile jungles of tropical
Africa by building a hospital.
We
all live life only once and rarely change our vocation. We spend our life doing
nothing to distinguish ourselves with success. It is good to change our life
bringing greatest good to the largest number by not confining ourselves to one
humdrum life without any benefit to others. It is conceded that not all can
afford to do this in these difficult times.
i fear i'm not so much in accord with you on this.. if you are happy with what you are doing now then why should you leave it??
ReplyDeleteit's another matter if you want to be versatile, but its not necessary to lead more than one life just for the sake of it.. doing what you do neatly and with all your heart is the best way to serve the world..
or if you want to serve people in a more direct way- i mean social service- you can lead parallel lives.. like almost all of us do.. we usually don't concentrate on only one thing though we may give some things in life more importance than others..
loved this post
ReplyDeleteWe are sometimes busy building up 'one' life and while running behind that we forget to live it.
Its good to hear that there is always a new life that gives a new world itself!
I was thinking now, In a way we are living a new life every day or every moment-not in the sense that we change our career.
Don't you think that we shed the 'old' life and ware a 'new' life everytime?
If we are happy with are life and are fully satisfied with it, then changing our station doesnt make sense, but if life becomes drery and things become monotonous its better to go for a change, like while listening to radio program, we might not like a particular song after half way through it, so we always have the option to tune in onto a new one...tho in real life its not that simple, but what is...every enjoyable part of life become witha lot of difficulty:)
ReplyDeleteA very different thought actually!!.. yes its true that once we opt for a career.. at times whether we like it or not we just continue that way.. a very few tries out the other ways. i think everything depends on interest and talent.. if one has it for more than one field then one should take initiative to excel in them if time and situations allow.. I loved the subject.. thanks for sharing..
ReplyDeleteIt is passionate to live many lives, the adventures and lessons that come along as part of the different lives enrich us in the end. However, I always feel that living many lives is a luxury that is bestowed on a blessed few, living just one life with bare minimums for most is a tough task.
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