Friday, November 6, 2015

No Deadline

During my break today at work, I came by my coworker Elbert Lim's cubicle and gave him a visit.  He has been sick for the past few days so I wanted to make the visit a quick one to prevent any transfer of the germs but unfortunately we ended up talking longer than I anticipated.  I asked him if he knows what he wanted to do with his life and he said he is still finding that.  He is 36 year old, single, and he has been working with my employer for the past thirteen years; he has been contemplating about his career path since he graduated from college over a decade ago but he never got around to go back to school since then.

In fact he thought about attending medical or law school but had to cross that out since he found no interest in them. I had a face expression that signaled “don’t you think you should have it all together by now” and he said there is no deadline for anything and that when we are ready, we will know it. We can apply this knowledge to our career, romantic relationship, friendship, etc. The truth is there is no deadline for anything and when we are ready, we will know it and we will excel.  There is no deadline on when we should get married, when we should date a person, when we should own a house, when we should choose a career, etc. So we have to be patient with ourselves and know everything will work out. If something is meant for us, it will work out, and it will save us and help us grow, no matter what that is.  

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