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Share A Story NowA 4-Wheel Drive Called Life
I had just graduated from medical school in India some 5 years ago. It was a time where (like all other classmates) I was standing at the crossroads of my career.
Choosing a specialty for a physician is always a difficult decision. Alumni can play a significant role in a career direction. I was fortunate in meeting one such individual. He has mentored me closely ever since I met him. If I have achieved anything in my professional life, I owe it in no small measure to him.
Perhaps, far more significantly, he has provided the impetus to lead an unpretentious life characterized by an unparalleled devotion to work.
His persona was typified by his car. He drove a ramshackle Indian vehicle despite drawing an internationally comparable salary.
I often used to wonder why someone who has no dearth of financial resources chose to travel in such a vehicle. Today I have realized that his car was simply a vehicle for traveling from one place to another. When one's drive in life is one's work, the car one drives is simply incidental!
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Life is a lesson.
Posted over 3 years ago by Aiyedun from Lagos, Nigeria
Quite seldom you encounter such simple devotion and honest dedication to ones vocation...these are the jewels in life that we must endeavor to search and not the superficial glitter of diamonds and gold.
Posted almost 4 years ago by Fran R from New Jersey
So where ever you go in life you always need to chose the right path and there's always some one there to give you a hand!
Posted over 4 years ago by Krystal G. from Apache Junction, Arizona USA
Correct, correct and correct. So funny and right it is that we always invest on things not so worthy. That's a fine one - keep up!
Posted almost 5 years ago by Ngangue, E.N. from Yaounde, Cameroon
I really like this article. Too many people are concerned with "things" they have in life. It's refreshing to hear stories about someone who doesn't care about what they own, just about how they live their life.
Posted about 5 years ago by kati b from mesa az
Humility is defined in many different ways. If you allow the "things" in your life to take control then it could ruin everything. There are many different ways that humility can be portrayed.
Posted about 5 years ago by kati b from bylk