The Holy Conspiracy .. !

So guys here I am back with my new post .. Its been quite a long time I wrote some thing here .. !

Have you ever looked at ur watch and observed the motion of its dial? .. Well I did … and as it had always been time amuses me a lot. It unfolds its new facet every now and then. This time I am a witness to its sheer nonchalance. Sometimes I wonder, if time had ever been a human, It would have been a man for sure, not a woman coz they are by default soft and friendly. But,I am sure he would have been a one tough guy made of stone, who is preoccupied even with his boring work of just ticking ahead.

Rather, for me it could only qualify as a mere machine programmed to make an unsighted journey in to the future with no strings of feelings attached. I call it a machine becoz it contradicts with the most innate human quality of making mistakes. It never skips ticking through our hard times, nor does it freezes through our good times. The fact that it is so blatantly perfect irks me the most.

Anyways .. this cold treatment of mine towards time is the result of my long waiting for something to happen. I was looking for a good job offer in Hyderabad coz I wanted to be with my family when they needed me the most. I had other job offers ready in hand but all of them would post me in some random city other than Hyderabad and I didn't want to count on them as there was a huge risk factor of Luck involved . I don’t, believe in "random" luck. It is always associated with the hard work one puts in and I believe that it favors only to them who put their best efforts and who do not give up.

When you wait for something to happen and if it doesn’t seem to happen then you are bound to feel the indifference of time towards you. The slow, deadening and stoical movement of the dial in your watch mocks at you and reminds you of your impuissance and its ultimate power over you.

Added to it my other companies have started giving away their dates of joining and this added to the fuel. When I was in that dire phase something luring came my way. It was the referral walk-in’s of Broadridge on the coming Sunday. It was the ONLY last opportunity for me to stay back in Hyderabad. But somehow luck was not in my favor. That weekend I planned to visit my dad in tirupathi along with family. So, my plan was to take the exam somehow, come back and attend any further interviews. Since it was a walk-in I thought many people would turn up and screening them would take its own sweet time, so by then I could be back. So ,I straight away went ahead and took the written test.

As the train was scheduled to start in the evening, I slept for a while after coming back to home. Later, I woke up when my phone started ringing right into my ear and to my shock it was the HR guy with a spine-chilling news. No, I did not fail, I cleared but the next round of interview was scheduled on the immediate next day, the same day on which I would be landing in tirupathi.

Then comes the asli mazaa. I tried my best to defer the appointment to a later date but all I could hear was a vague “will call u back” statement. It sounded worse than that of a guy using the same line to break up with his girl friend. My mom and sis got really upset when I asked them to cancel the trip and stayed back, so that I could attend the interview. So was I, but this interview was very important and I was desperate, helpless and lost.

Also, from the beginning mom didn’t wanted me to put so much of effort and hunt for other jobs, all over again. She and vani tried to convince me that they would be able to manage home even when dad and I were away from home. But that helped neither them nor me :D. Interestingly, some of my friends were also not that supportive of my job hunt, but, for different reasons, which had no influence on me because according to me, neither I was snatching anybody’s job nor I was hurting anybody. And, I am not the kind of those selfless poeple who sacrifice things to find solace in it. I am an Ayn Rand product and yes I am a selfish man when it comes to my dreams and desires and I am proud to be one.

Hmm ... anyway that was a little deviation, So nothing worked and It was high time for me to take a call. And this is where Chepuri Srinivas is very bad at. That too under stress, he just cannot make up his mind and always turns out to his friends and family whenever things gets difficult for him to handle. But this situation was kinda tricky as it dealt with my personal choices and only I could have taken the appropriate decision. Then after a lot of mental trauma, I decided to go with my family, believing in my destiny that if not BR some other Hyderabad company would come my way if I were really destined to stay back here. I never lost the hope.

It was a pretty difficult thing for me to do. I lost the only chance I had. But nonetheless, leaving everything else aside, I was looking forward to this trip which I chose to make. I have had many trips to tirupathi, but this one was special. This time it was a new me, a new individual, a new soul, who is now more mature enough to deal with the things. I don’t know why, but, there was this sense of achievement as I sat with my family and travelled with them, which made me completely forget about BR. May be it was because of the regret-less choice I made prior to the trip. That's quite an achievement for me becoz I always think in both the ways and regret later for not taking the other way after sticking to a particular one. yeah thats me :D .. ! So which is why I am gonna cherish this trip all my life.. :) .. !

Well after coming back to Hyderabad and when I almost got prepared to relocate to a new place; my phone vibrates in my pocket amidst heavy traffic. As I was driving, I couldn’t attend it for the first time and, when I took the call later, I heard a familiar voice; unlike the guy who cheated on his girl friend, my HR stood by his word and called me back :), with yet another spine chilling news. This time it was a gud one, my next round of interview was rescheduled after 2 days from then. My hope brought me back my lost opportunity, now holding up that opportunity tight with me was in my hands and the rest is all history now.

" It's been 2 months I joined BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS and, I STILL STAY WITH MY FAMILY ... :) .. !! "

When you finally get what you wanted, and then look at the same watch, you will find the same stoical movement of the dial to be a calm and composed one. The silence it bore then, reminds you of the sincere and earnest efforts it has been putting to make your desires come true. If things do not turn up as you have expected, never lose the hope, just give your best, the rest is bound to come your way.

In Paulo Coelho words,

"And, when you want something, the entire universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."

--- The Alchemist

P.S:

It’s a holy conspiracy not because It had something to do with the holy place of tirupathi .. it could have been (after all, I am a god fearing person) but, for me, "holiness" here lies in the earnest efforts one puts into fulfilling his dreams and it is more like the hope I was referring to.