........next steps?

Finally, all course work has been completed. A sense of triumph prevailed and has been lingering on in the mind ever since the final presentation. I am just one step away from being set free into this 'cruel' world with a masters degree in urban and transportation planning. So here i am sitting on a comfy chair in my balcony, enjoying the evening breeze and the children playing in the park. The serene atmosphere is suddenly disturbed.... "Knock...Knock Nitin!! The biggest step: you still have to write the dissertation!!"
Hmph!! Trust my inner soul to provide me the solace at this moment!

A planner i am, but interestingly i have barely planned the next steps of my life. "Huh! A planners life cannot be planned"....There goes my plans, trashed before i can even formulate them! But the ultimate goal of life is clearly defined. No one can snatch that from me..."hehehe....how can anyone...you aren't even close to achieving it".

Gosh! He is right, i havn't yet secured a job and i am just 2.5 months away from walking down the aisle of the Reed Arena, dressed in black and maroon, a cap on my head; to get my Degree. Wow!! I am ecstatic, just picturizing the very moments - "a rush of adrenaline, thats all it is". Okay 'Mr. You know it all', I know!! Let me have my moments of peace!
'PEACE', who ever composed that piece?? Half the world is still fighting: with itself, a neighboring country or one located on the other side of the Globe !

"You are losing your way palindrome". Sure enough, an email had just made its way through the complicated network where exists a thousand other Nitin's and made itself comfortable in my inbox, because i am the warriEr. This better be good! Ah! a mail from a prospective employer!
'We have received numerous application for this position (I have heard that before), but on this occasion we have selected another candidate whose experience and background fits our present needs. However......" without bothering to read through it, i just dragged that mail into the folder "Rejections". Have got quite a comprehensive list by now.

Being used to rejections, it doesnt take time to sink the feeling. I look up into the sky asking myself, 'is there light on the horizon? ....
The inner voice reappears....."Wake Up dude!!! Cant you see the SUN SET?".
Wise Guy!!!