A tree can never let go of its roots !

I grew up in a family where my father was the only breadwinner for the family. He had to support our family of 6 people including my mother, my grandmother, me and my 2 siblings. During my stay at home, I never felt that I am missing out on anything. Whatever I asked for, my father and mother ensured that I get that thing. As I came to high school there was a lot of fuss about JEE exam. About all of my classmates in class 11th were going into some coaching institute or the other. Following the sheep mentality I also enquired a little about JEE and since all of the other people were crazy to get selected into one of the IITs, it became my top priority as well. I enquired a little about the fees in the coaching institute for JEE. My friends told me that they are paying about Rs. 40000 for 2-year coaching. Hearing the amount I felt like leaving the idea of giving JEE as it was literally too much to pay for a 2-year course. The most I would have asked my father till that point in time would probably have been for a pair of shoes. Throughout class 11th I saw my friends discuss on multiple high-level problems which I cannot seem to understand. I wanted to attend the coaching but didn't want my father to feel low because of the fact that he would not have been able to pay for the coaching. I never discussed anything related to JEE with him when I was in class 11th. Results came and I passed 11th class with good grades.

As I entered class 12th, one day during our regular evening tea session, my father started talking about my future plans. Apparently, someone at work had boasted about their ward who was also preparing for the exam at some coaching institute and the hefty sum of money they had paid to make that happen. My father only brought up the point of me opting for the coaching. He asked what my other friends are planning as he had no exposure to science background. And when I told him about almost all of my class preparing for JEE, he actually encouraged me to join one of the coaching classes. The go ahead that my father gave me on that day, cannot be repaid by me in my entire lifetime. Just because of that day, that very moment, I was able to clear JEE and finally get placed in one of the multinational company as a business analyst.

Today it's been about 1 and a half year of me staying in this company. I earn good enough money to support myself and generally I feel that I have more than enough that I can actually spend. Being used to saving small pennies in the past I find my salary too much to spend in a month. I see a lot of people like me, all around me. People who do not have any money to reach where they want to go. Whom if given proper monetary support can achieve something that even the world would not have imagined. I believe that the best talent in the world comes from the people who actually know what difficult situations in life are.

I got promoted to SBA last month. All of my office folks were asking for the treat so today we went to windmills. It is a five star hotel in bangalore. We had proper dinner and all the other things possible and bill came out to be Rs 20000. While I was looking at the bill, my thoughts went back to the past. What if I would have just chucked this idea of treat and gave that Rs.20000 to someone for whom that money was worth more than that. For whom that money was the future which could have been brighter if he would have got that money as a scholorship. Did I do wrong by spending so much money on a treat. Then one of my colleague at work talked about something and I was back in the present. No I thought, it was perfect use of my hard earned money. After all, my treats are more important than anyone else's future.