Its human nature to compare ourselves with others as we go through school, college, work place and strive to perform better, score well and win in the race called ‘life’.  But as life takes its twists and turns soon we leave our school mates and colleagues behind as they take off in different tracks and we realize that we are running a race that is uniquely ours to ace.  Ultimately one fine day when I stopped for the first time in my mid-30’s, to think about this race I was running,  I realized my race was and is with myself – am I  better today than what I was yesterday?

So I kept challenging myself to keep shining at my best!  With an innate nature to nurture others, becoming a medical doctor seemed like the ideal way to make a living and help others at the same time. During my practice when I met couples who had all their medical tests  turn out  normal and yet unable  to conceive a child, it made me wonder that there should be other reasons that medical science hadn’t yet discovered. The disappointment on their faces every month as they tried to conceive, finally drove me to venture out and try figure out the unknown causes on infertility. Off I went to the United States in pursuit of this quest and in the process got to work with eminent top notch scientists of the world and earn myself a PhD degree which is considered the highest degree in the world!  But I do remember when I stepped into my car to leave the campus after reaching my goal after 4 long, hard years the question popped up, “ Now what?’  I felt suddenly an emptiness that I have reached the destination I had in mind, when I set out to do this.  Life went on …several accolades and appreciations just didn’t seem to fill the void within me.  There must be something more to life….much more satisfying, fulfilling and true….

My search ended in a little black board in a suburb in India!  A spiritual mentor whom I met  nearly 25 years later since I was in a convent school as a little girl in her catechism class, spoke into my heart to fill that void! She revealed that our purpose in life is just not running hard to be settling down in life  but striving to be Jesus-like while we live on this earth.  I realized this journey here on earth is but for a short while, during which  Our Creator has given us an opportunity to be like Him, to love Him, honor Him and  thank Him. We are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus to others  who are yet to taste the love of His great sacrifice on the cross.  I realize the user manual for my life here, is His Word. My purpose in life rests within His great purpose when He fearfully and wonderfully made me in the beginning of time.   I am beginning to think I would be faced with 2 questions when I meet Him 1) Did you represent Me well, my daughter, when you were in the world?  2) How many have you brought into the Light of my Kingdom who were  lost in darkness.   Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. My race begins and ends in His Grace!

P.S. This blog is a recall of my journey through life as a middle class family girl, a mom, a medical doctor, a scientist, a critical patient, a teacher, an entrepreneur traversing through life before and after knowing Him as my personal Lord and Savior and how, through  it all, the valleys and mountain tops He never went back on His promise “I will never leave you nor forsake you”.