The word means a catch-22 situation, where you are indecisive about a decision you have to make and there is a certain possibility that you might screw it up either way. Mine's a bit different as it is safety versus the wild.
I always wanted to be in this position, but now that I am, I have my misgivings. On one hand lies a decent career with known unknowns, good organisation, an excellent pay and excellent bosses, supervisors and colleagues. But all this comes with a price, not being with friends and family in India when you most want to. Although friends here in this part of the world are welcoming and do their best so that I feel at home. On the other hand its uncharted territories, vague idea of a job profile, almost unknown organization and a break in pay. Yet it comes with its advantages, I shall be working in a place close to my home, dealing with Indian problems at ground, and possible other avenues might open up more to my liking while I am there. There's also the possibility that I might like the challenge.
Uff... You always want to have the power to make your decisions about the future, but when do, you often times regret it. Obvious reason- you would have none to blame if it doesn't go well. I always quote an anecdote from Guru Nanak Dev ji's life where he blesses the ones you are not nice to him but asks the village to be ruined of those who treat him well. The moral- those who mistreat should all remain at one place while the good ones should spread across the world planting yet more seeds of goodness around them. However I can justify the teaching both ways in my case, I should stay in this region and continue to travel from one country hoping to do more good work. Yet staying in this region could be the wrong thing to do and I should plant myself off to a totally new destination and work across various parts of the globe.
The quandary quagmires..
I always wanted to be in this position, but now that I am, I have my misgivings. On one hand lies a decent career with known unknowns, good organisation, an excellent pay and excellent bosses, supervisors and colleagues. But all this comes with a price, not being with friends and family in India when you most want to. Although friends here in this part of the world are welcoming and do their best so that I feel at home. On the other hand its uncharted territories, vague idea of a job profile, almost unknown organization and a break in pay. Yet it comes with its advantages, I shall be working in a place close to my home, dealing with Indian problems at ground, and possible other avenues might open up more to my liking while I am there. There's also the possibility that I might like the challenge.
Uff... You always want to have the power to make your decisions about the future, but when do, you often times regret it. Obvious reason- you would have none to blame if it doesn't go well. I always quote an anecdote from Guru Nanak Dev ji's life where he blesses the ones you are not nice to him but asks the village to be ruined of those who treat him well. The moral- those who mistreat should all remain at one place while the good ones should spread across the world planting yet more seeds of goodness around them. However I can justify the teaching both ways in my case, I should stay in this region and continue to travel from one country hoping to do more good work. Yet staying in this region could be the wrong thing to do and I should plant myself off to a totally new destination and work across various parts of the globe.
The quandary quagmires..
