Sense of belongingness...!

When I started working I had the privilege of getting trained at the best training center my bank had to offer and perhaps by the best trainers available. Even after more than three years the memories haven't fainted at all and I remember everything distinctly. It was my first job like many other fellow colleagues. We were all excited about it but had no clue how it was going to be after-all the only thing we knew about banking was merely a place where u deposit and withdraw money.

Even before I reached the training center I had made up my mind to enjoy to the fullest and I did exactly that and had the time of my life. It was a 4 week long training programme a first of its kind. We were given an in depth knowledge of the organization and the banking sector as a whole but most of us hardly bothered, all we looked for was the mini coffee brakes during the lectures the fun filled computer lab classes the monsoon rains Kerala had to offer, the cricket and the Arabian sea followed by carom and table tennis till wee hours of the day.

Also during the training days I made friends rather good friends. Among them one was special really special friend nicknamed COMMITTED by me and I still call her that. We had a lot of things in common be it in music, movies, sports or even food that made us gel even a lot more. The bond has only got stronger with time.The bond was such that even before I could tell her she had sensed that I had started liking a girl within the training colleagues and she pointed out the exact girl too. I don't know how to express my feelings in words but I would not say that I had  a crush on her because I don't think crushes last such long and I still have he same feelings for her. Three long years have gone by but a smile comes on my face automatically even today when  calls me or texts me and I know for a fact that she also had similar feelings for me.

Getting trained at the apex institute also meant that I could get an one on one interaction with people who have spent their life with the bank and have seen it go places and in turn help them grow. While having an interaction with one such fabulous trainer cum mentor I asked him "What has been driving you for so long?" He looked at me, smiled and replied with his usual calmness "SENSE OF BELONGINGNESS" ,stopping momentarily he added "I belong to this organization and this organization belongs to me. The organization has provided me immense opportunities to grow and took care of me as a child. I am  because of this great organization only. Take your time to realize this and once you do you will never look back in life."

I feel my time has arrived to realize this that I am a part of this organization and if I cannot realize this even after putting my three long important years, then I should let it go and find a place where I belong where I have my SENSE OF BELONGINGNESS.



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