This Friday...the 6th of June is the graduation for the Cranfield University batch of 2007-2008. Being a student of the MBA cohort of that academic year, I was invited for the graduation. But, unfortunately, due to several factors I would not be able to make it. My office work and some other personal obligations are the key reasons behind my absence from the prestigious graduation ceremony. Am I feeling bad? Yes a bit. A bit, because this is my third degree (after a Bachelor of Engineering and another Master of Science) and I have made a hatrick-of-sorts by not attending any of the three graduation ceremonies. Each time something or the other came up which prevented me from attending the ceremonies.
To all those who thought that Cranfield was the ultimate destination, nothing can be further from truth. It is the train to the destination! It is the stepping stone to beginning of a long and interesting journey. I have got world-class education from the university; I have attended lectures from some of the stalwarts in the world of academics; but they are things of the past. From now on there should be no looking back. I was in Cranfield for a reason...the days and purpose are over. Today my world ahead is different...I am out to live my new-found life. There is no point in revisiting the past and unnecessarily feeling nostalgic about it. In life you lose some, you gain some. So, while my heart will like to revisit the past and will miss the graduation, my brain will be busy working for a better tomorrow. My life post-Cranfield gets more and more exciting as I will reveal them in the coming blogs.
