A person’s destiny is defined from one’s birth. We are oblivious of what is destined in our life. Just like an individual’s character and personality is genetically inherited from ancestors, certain hidden visionary goals may strike a person to achieve later in life.
                    Right from our childhood, we are exposed to different kinds of people. Every person we meet is unique. It is thoughtfully said by Mother Theresa, “Some people come to your life as blessings others come to your life as lessons”. It is absolutely true. We trigger our goals based on the people we meet every day. So we hear children saying that they want to become a doctor, an engineer, a collector and so on because they come across these professionals more often in their lives.
                   In real, children may love to paint, collect coins or stamps, probe the functioning of a device, wish to write poems or story, nature enthusiast and so on but parents do not pay sincere attention to their interest. As years pass by, the involvement of the children vanish due to the external forces like societal pressure, competing with fellow mates, status, prestige that diverts a child’s mind to withdraw the interested one to attain the white collar jobs.
                   It happens mainly because of the changing circumstances in the educational institutions that expose children to rote learning and hinder their growth of inborn talent. Children tend to bias their personal interest to be wrong and unsuccessful thereby focus on a vision which may not be theirs. Facing the obstacles of failure with fear drag a child’s interest to compromise with a profession that merely gives higher monetary benefits.
                   One fine day, the person gets detached from their job and hunts for a new one still keep changing which ends in loss of time and money. Later, he’ll be witnessed as an unsuccessful person. Few persons on their forlorn situations, think deeper and look for their real interest at this adverse time to start a new journey of life. But not all are lucky to find one.
                   Lives of great men like Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, Steve Jobs, Nelson Mandela, APJ Abdul Kalam teach us to follow our dreams and be the creator of our destiny. Each and every child is born for a purpose. All are destined to follow their heart. Expecting a lemon from an apple tree will be foolish. Children should be guided with any area of their interest. For example, if a child shows interest for agriculture it shouldn’t be seen as immature.
                   Imagine the world to be filled with myriad number of doctors, engineers and IT professionals? It doesn’t sound perfect, right? In recent decades, it is observed that many people have started chasing their dreams after having falling under fast paced jobs. To avoid regret for changing one’s destiny later, parents should have the attitude to leave children to create their destiny as per their wish. Be their guide and do not role play. A piece of advice to parents is to motivate your children to pursue their interests irrespective of any field they choose instead of paving their way to chase on money.
                  Striking one’s interest and pursuing your dreams are real ingredients to success. Let the future leaders dream on their own. Dear children, Be the creator of your own Destiny! All the Best!
                  

                                                                                                         S. Padmadharsan
                                                                                                          Proprietor,
ABS Internationals,
                                                                                                           Tirunelveli.