Book Title: Childs Quest to Find His Purpose of Life
Author(s): Akhil Jain
Publisher: Akhil Jain

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________________ A Child's Quest to find his "Purpose of Life" --- Another 3 out of 4 students decide to sign-up... They were given bands to wear on their heads for the rest of their lives. They were also given goodie bags. Student #4: --- One who had not signed up at this stall --- Can I ask a question? You said if you work hard enough, there is nothing you can't achieve, then how do you explain randomness of life events? Stall5 Host2: Student #3: Stall5 Host1: Student #4: We do believe in randomness of events, but have no explanation for why they happen, they just do. If I write my own destiny and work towards making that happen day and night, are you saying it may not happen, because it's dependent on others and life events that are beyond my control? Well.. Yes. There are uncertainties involved here and your goal needs to be realistic and achievable. We cannot guarantee that everyone will be able to fulfill their destiny. But it's worth a shot, what else can we do, than try. What if you reach your goal and fulfill your destiny... then what? Then you make a new goal and start working towards that. You may or may not be able to meet that, but that'll keep you going --- who had earlier signed up at this stall --- This sounds very much like dangling a carrot in front of a rabbit to make him want it and run to win the race. At the end of the race you give him that carrot and then start dangling a bigger carrot to keep him going. Well... Whenever the rabbit gets tired of running, he is free to stop and look back at the small carrots he received as rewards along the way... and once he has done that, he can once again start running. We don't Stall5 Host2: Student #3: Stall5 Hosti: 22

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