What's ur flavor???

For the past few days, I have been thinking over a lot about my past… present… future… U know the stuff that crops up in your mind and agitates you as if you have nothing else to think about…… I realized an interesting analogy … it goes something like this…

From the smallest of things to the most critical decisions affecting our very existence; every time we run our grey cells on a treadmill, the question always arises…. “To Be or Not To Be”…. “X or Y”… I always followed what I like to call… “The Law of Elimination”. The law states that… “An option X is THE option if and only if option Y is eliminated”. Pretty simple isn’t it??? Now consider this….

All through my life… for every other occasion… I am asked to go get the “Best Cake” available. I would then go to the shop… sometimes excited… sometimes half heartedly… sometimes just for the sake. Whatever is the case… I would definitely go. After reaching the shop… I would browse through the various delectable cakes showcased in front of me… cakes of different flavors… cakes of different sizes and shapes. I would use my Law of Elimination and choose the “Best Cake” available… of course affordable too… If I had to choose a cake between vanilla, pistachio and blue berry… I would choose blue berry because I don’t like vanilla and pistachio in my so called “Best Cake”.

Now the question arises… was it my “Best Cake” ??? I now realize… No it wasn’t… I am not fond of blue berry…. I am fond of the chocolate truffle. … If chocolate truffle wasn’t available… I could have asked the Mongini’s guy to bake me one…. But I did not… I convinced myself… That the blue berry cake was indeed the “best cake”.

My conclusion…??? The Law of Elimination will hold true if and only if there are just two roads to choose from and the only option you have is to travel ahead and not go back from where you started. We OUGHT to know which flavor of cake we like…. Order the same…

PS: Oh yeah… by the way… I was actually referring to my journey towards a successful career… the flavors being analogous to the various options that were “made available” to me….. Science Vs Maths… MBBS vs Biotech… MS vs MBA….. When actually my flavor was something off the menu…..