Why don’t we get everything we desire? Is it because we desire for everything? Or is it because there is someone out there, somewhere, who knows what is right for us. He makes sure we get everything we should get, it may not be everything we desire!
These are very simple words from the author of the book “Everything You Desire” Harshdeep Jolly. I am sure each one of us at some point in time would have pictured out this truth. Every time our heart breaks over a dream unfulfilled, we pat each others’ back and say, “Of course, that’s what life is all about!” and still deep inside, the heart betrays when it asks , “… but why?”
I remember a very inspiring speech from the Apple Inc’s CEO, Mr. Steve Jobs. He says that life is all about connecting the dots in your life to get the bigger picture. So when Steve Jobs dropped from college and took calligraphy classes which interested him, he didn’t have any idea how he would apply it in life until the first mac was born 10 years later. The only problem is that you can only connect these fairly random and disturbing dots when you look back into the past.
Coming back to the book, it’s a beautiful piece of work and the best part of it is its innocence and simplicity. While I was reading the book, I simply got lost in 2 year MBA journey at IIMB. Being a MBA student myself, I was pretty vulnerable at it. The characters are so real that you will surely find yourself among one of them. The difference though lies in their reach. Even the small jokes are very simple and forthright. They may not drive you into bursts of laughter but you just can’t stop smiling at them.
Life in MBA is unique. One on hand a golden career beckons you and you know you have to slog to get it; and on the other hand you know that these two years of your life would arguably be the best part of your life or rather the end of it. The sleepless nights, the booze parties, the fierce competition and the beautiful love stories, you have everything you desire. In fact that’s what I thought as I went through the cheerful journey of “Everything you Desire” till I met with the waves at the end.
In the end when the two years culminates into what seems to be a happy ending, the author suddenly wakes you up to the reality. There is love unexpressed, friendships about to be lost in the darkness of time and distance, ambitions gone topsy-turvy. Everyone was waiting for this moment to come; everyone wanted to be MBA grads from IIMB, to be part of another success story in the history of placements at IIMB. Not one knew that this moment will take so much away than what it will give, that it will take away millions of amazing moments that will never come back.
Being at the cusp of my 2 years of MBA, just one month away from my college, I am already missing the happening days of my college.
It takes us around the circle to the same question where we started, “Why don’t we get everything we desire”.
One of my close friends recently broke off from a relationship he held so close for years. A very painful dot in life and while we were struggling to figure out how this dot would fit into the bigger picture to make it better, we couldn’t help but wonder, “..but why?”.
May be we were not supposed to figure out the bigger picture. May be we are supposed to be afraid, be confused, be betrayed and be disturbed. May be it helps in some way, maybe it is for our own good? Ten years down the lane, when we look back to connect the dots to get the bigger picture, who cares if one of the dots doesn’t fit… or do we?
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