My Journal for the day....

Time and time again, an idea about a pathway through life assails my train of thought; such thoughts occur only momentarily majority of the time. As my vacation progresses however, its frequency became increasingly higher, tugging at my mind, pleading for it to be given deeper considerations than just a brief acknowledgment.

The thought about having a manual on how to get to where one aspires to be, to acquire in their possession what they want or simply to be what they aspire to be was most appealing.

The idea was always flashing in my subconscious and only now, through sheer determination to be heard, broke through the mould created by my habit to shrug of seemingly insignificant ideas. Insignificance, after all, is merely a perception.

By virtue of the above, I put down in words the thoughts and ideas that had been tugging at my subconscious lest it elude me once more.

The idea was simple, follow the steps and you shall be successful, it was foolproof and it was packaged nicely with multiple benefits.

Why then have I been shrugging this idea away? Why did it seem absurd?

On giving the idea consideration, the steps to follow became clearer, it was a path many of us have been following all along; it was education, the path to attain qualifications which, in theory, would get us better paid jobs which would then allow us to get what we want in life.

Its glitter faded and its absurdity became apparent, it was flawed. I am not questioning the validity of education, it certainly is essential and I am not disputing that fact. It is the mindset that is flawed, the belief that greatness can only be achieved through qualifications.

One must remember that the path through qualifications is but 1 path out of countless others, hail to those who traversed the paths less trodden, they are pioneers of their own lives, who live and lead their own lives and not in the shadow of others, they have my respect and they have certainly broken my pre-conceived notion that only through qualifications can one succeed in life.