I think circle is one of the most popular geometrical shape. I always enjoyed studying its geometry, right from 'pi r square' to '2 pi r'. It always appealed to be as an intereting symbol right from my childhood. As I grew up, I started relating it to a lot of things around me. Like the sun, moon, football, omlette and cake when I was a kid. Then during school years when I, sometimes, used to get 0 for certain answers in mathematics I related it to failure, as the more 0's you scored the more your class rank dropped. Since college years I have related it with money, and I still do. Very recently I realized a few incidents that have illuminated a new dimension to this circle, that of completeness and continuity!
I happen to have a friend, one of my best friends whom I know since the last 11 years. We were in the same S.S.C. coaching classes. Then in H.S.C. coaching classes. Then classmates in B. Sc. I. T. Post graduation we sought out for MBA and did it from different institutions, so were not in touch for more than 2 years. I joined Logicserve Digital in August 2009 after completing MBA. This guy was working somewhere but he wanted to switch, wanted to get into Online Marketing, which is the business vertical of my company. I passed on his reference, he came down for interview. On that day, we went for lunch at a nearby restaurant Virangula. Very recently he got in Komli Media and today he had come down for his final settlement. Coincidentally, today we went for lunch at the same restaurant on his last day at Logicserve Digital.
This is the guy who has seen a lot of ups and downs in life. Most probably, he always received lesser pocket money than me. He did odd jobs to supplement his pocket money like selling tea powder to tea stall vendors in his locality, then assembling pc's and then selling domains and web hosting packages. He got through in a lower rep MBA institute which affected his first job compensation amount. He joined Logicserve Digital at a lower compensation than me. But among a small group of talented individuals at Logicserve, he has outperformed all. And today, he has surpassed me by a tremendous margin in compensation at Komli Media.
He fell in love with a girl in his college back in first year. He could never even strike up a conversation with her back then. He tried to be friends with her but to no avail. Post junior college, there was hardly any contact with that girl. Few years later, thanks to Orkut, he bumped into to her again and this time ended up becoming friends. When the time was right, he proposed her but his heartbreak was obvious back then. She was seeing someone already. He did not loose hope though, just kept up his friendship. Fate shined for him finally, and today he is very happy to be in a relationship with this girl. No problems from both parents as well and this couple is already planning their marriage soon.
Is this what is with the phrase 'Life goes full circle'? He never really left doing his part and life took care of the rest. Destiny had plans for him after all, and so it is going to be for you and me. Try and circle out all such circles in your life. I think it would be an amazing personal discovery!
