"This heart scares easily..."
- Rancho, Three Idiots
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I found myself 'discussing' Three Idiots at four in the morning with a dear friend. It is an excellent movie ~totally hilarious and yet at the same timeriveting.
"Are some parts there realistic?," I curiously inquired...
"Do their parents determine their children's future ~ as engineers or doctors?"
"Is suicide rate really high among students?"
And my friend answered with a curt, "Yes..."
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The movie reminded me of high school ...
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Way back into our Carpe Diem days... Henry Thoreau, Robert Frost and of course,
Mr. John Keating...
We were so eager to suck the marrows of life
and contribute a verse!
It was at that moment when my heart was awakened by the beauty of poetry and literature. I devoured Thoreau's contemplation of life and made them my own...
Read: Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
I consider myself most fortunate, let's say blest, in every situation in my life.
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I had a photographic mind that made it easier to remember facts in History and formulas in Chemistry. Ooo, I remember I liked Anatomy, Microbiology and Biochemistry back then. I just wonder where they all went because it went poof right after I graduated...
Analyze not memorize.
Understand the concepts and apply them in everyday living.
Zero in the values that make one a better person and not high grades.
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My life took a turn after graduation when I ventured withJackin the mission field. I was not only nursing the sick but I was taking care of people's souls. I wasn't able to reach the US as originally planned by my parents but I was able to experience God in Italy and North Africa.
My siblings were very passionate about the arts, music and literature. I learned a lot from them too. I thought my brother would become a great writer someday but he opted to become a doctor. Nobody among us was coerced into a relationship that was pre-arranged.
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"Hey...are you still there? Or have you dozed off?" my friend chuckled.
I laughed, "Yeah, right here..."
My friend was caught in a dilemma between design and production. Designing was his passion. I saw his works and they were really unique. He wanted to try production because he could earn more money to provide for his child's future.
"I know that when the future is mentioned, the heart becomes anxious..." I told him.
"Should we measure success?
How much money we earn? the lifestyle we sustain? the vastness of our riches?"
"Make passion your profession..."
~Rancho, Three Idiots~
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In other words...
be faithful to LIFE...
and everything else will follow...
The movie reminded me of high school ...
Way back into our Carpe Diem days... Henry Thoreau, Robert Frost and of course,
Mr. John Keating...
We were so eager to suck the marrows of life
and contribute a verse!
It was at that moment when my heart was awakened by the beauty of poetry and literature. I devoured Thoreau's contemplation of life and made them my own...
Read: Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
I consider myself most fortunate, let's say blest, in every situation in my life.
My parents were very simple people who wished that I became a nurse so I could fly to the US and form my own family there...
I had a photographic mind that made it easier to remember facts in History and formulas in Chemistry. Ooo, I remember I liked Anatomy, Microbiology and Biochemistry back then. I just wonder where they all went because it went poof right after I graduated...
One of my college mates contested that I just memorized that's why I got As. My professors took it as a challenge and composed test questions that required analysis. I faired well, thanks God!
But that is my 'Eureka'! I still remember that person and I am most grateful to her.
Analyze not memorize.
Understand the concepts and apply them in everyday living.
Zero in the values that make one a better person and not high grades.
---
My life took a turn after graduation when I ventured withJackin the mission field. I was not only nursing the sick but I was taking care of people's souls. I wasn't able to reach the US as originally planned by my parents but I was able to experience God in Italy and North Africa.
My siblings were very passionate about the arts, music and literature. I learned a lot from them too. I thought my brother would become a great writer someday but he opted to become a doctor. Nobody among us was coerced into a relationship that was pre-arranged.
----------
"Hey...are you still there? Or have you dozed off?" my friend chuckled.
I laughed, "Yeah, right here..."
My friend was caught in a dilemma between design and production. Designing was his passion. I saw his works and they were really unique. He wanted to try production because he could earn more money to provide for his child's future.
"I know that when the future is mentioned, the heart becomes anxious..." I told him.
"Should we measure success?
How much money we earn? the lifestyle we sustain? the vastness of our riches?"
"Make passion your profession..."
~Rancho, Three Idiots~
In other words...
be faithful to LIFE...
and everything else will follow...