Go on or Quit?
I once took a course about management and I noticed there was a girl who always took the seat beside me at the back of the classroom. Out of curiosity, I chatted with her.
“Why you always sit besides me, have we met?”
“No, we have never met before. But why are you sitting here? You seem to like this course a lot.”
“I like looking at the blackboard and listening to the teacher from this angle, I will be able to control my mentality better.”
“I am here because my family wants me to. They want me to take over the family business, for I am the only child in my family.”
“Wow, it seems unpleasant for me. My parents want me to learn music but I am not into the whole music stuff so I put the cards on the table and negotiated with them that if they pushed any further I swore that I would run away.”
“I really admire you. You see the first class I was so bored that I draw pictures of all the students in this classroom including of you. Do you want to have a look? But I did not bring them with me today.”
“Sure, I will take a rain check. Are you going to go on with this course?”
“I don’t know. I mean I want to quit but my parents would not approve it.”
“Why do you care so much about how would they feel about the quitting? This is your career we are talking about. You know the difference between career and vocation, right? You are giving up their dreams not yours.”
“Yeah, you are right. How could I never think about it before? Everything I do I kind of do it for my parents, it makes them feel so nice but for me it is like living in the hell. What ever, I am quitting it.”
“But the bad thing is I may not be able to see you from tomorrow.”
“Don’t worry; I think I really like you, you are a special girl, and what do you say we have coffee sometime?”
“Awesome!”
We did not see each other on that course anymore but we saw each other much more often else where. I even got a tiffany necklace from her last Christmas saying a good friend knew what was suitable for you.