A Box of Miracles

I am a big fan of Forrest Gump, and there's a quote in it that I always remember. "Life is like a box of chocolate. You will never know what you're gonna get".

For those who knows me since a long time ago, will certainly know that I am not someone who likes a job with the target. In my earlier time during job interviews, I had been offered a job as a marketing for so many times, yet I never accepted the job just simply because I don't like marketing and I do not believe that I can persuade someone to buy my products, and I don't believe that I have a talent to sell something. Thinking about it over again, I think the mere reason was because I did not have high level of confidence in myself and that I was not willing to do it.

Years gone by, and I happened to work in bank with many roles as back office staff, customer service, assistant RM, and currently as RM. Even already got the chance being a RM, I never totally believe in my ability. I remember during my first day working as RM, it felt like that I had taken the worst decision ever. I didn't think that I will survive. I told a colleague about this and I remembered he said "Don't think too much. Just go with the flow and things will be alright." I subscribed to the idea and just hang onto the job.
Surprisingly I survived for already 2 years by now although it can't be denied that I live into hesitation every month. A hesitation that I might not achieve the target.

There's a time that I didn't really productive during that period, and I almost gave up on the job. However, I pushed myself to be still. I took a deep breath and tried to identify each of the clients. During this critical time, a hope had risen. Finding a hope, I kept on working as hard as possible, since there's a regional competition with the trip to Barcelona as the reward, which enables us to meet Citibankers from other 6 countries; Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, China. I didn't expect much to win the competition, since it was a national contest and only 4 persons in my level got the tickets. However, I kept on working and trying. Just hoping for the best.

Miracles did occur step by step, that I could not believe myself. Unbelievable yet it happened. Those accumulated miracles had lead me to get the first position in the competition, and made me be the top personal banker for Indonesia.

I was feeling so touched to get the prize. It's one of the miracles that ever happened to me. It's like that I got a big box of creme de la creme chocolate.
Getting a prize for a job I almost gave up on to. Such a serendipity. A pleasant surprise. Life is full of small surprises, accumulated.

I am looking forward for another big box of sweet chocolates. Another serendipities. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu...

SP