They can who think they can

By Sweta Lal, a Melbourne-based writer, entrepreneur, and business consultant; her works include poetry, fiction, and children's stories.

When life throws peaches at you, you expect strawberries instead. This was the dilemma that haunted me right from the beginning of my career. Technical education, corporate background and a promising career ahead did not make life easier for me. Instead I kept falling into the trap of choosing between options in my personal and professional life. Having choices is good but making decisions is really tough.

All this while that I was being brought up as an academic scholar during school days and professional scholar I lived under the impression that it was the best I could aim in life for.

Then I moved to Melbourne after my marriage to the most wonderful man I have known and the best person to justify the role of a husband and above all a human being. He is the perfect blend of idealism and charisma. My marriage turned my life completely as I started evolving as a person as I should have been.

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