The Cage
I am moving on from a well paying managerial job in an MNC to a fellowship in a non-profit organization that pays a meagre stipend. As the news spreads through my company, I am greeted by more and more reactions stating how I have got my priorities right early in my life and how it is a noble course to take. It was humbling when a colleague and friend (who was high) confessed to others at a party that I was the only man there who had the courage to listen to the voice of his heart and follow it. I appreciate all the encouragement and am glad many have been supportive of my decision. As I talk to more people with a background similar to mine, each of them mention the choice they had in their past when they could have taken a path that led to the destination of their calling, but didn't. However, they never delve into the reasons. Standing at the same cross road as they did then and putting myself in their shoes, I look at the alternate path that lies ahead of m...