Of "Soul Mates" and "Soul Jobs"

Do we give too much importance to the "job" we do ?? career as they say .. Yeah , rite, i know ... It is important .. But how much ?? and what aspect of job exactly is important ?? is it just the "job" u do or also its peripharals ?? What happens when u like the job but don like the peripherals attached with it? The thing which i have often heard in movie industry .. Similarly what happens when u don like the job but peripherals seem to be fine ?? Ummm , maybe say the software industry. Like the perks n all ... the foreign trips, the dollars , the money, the "discounts" at shopping malls...

I have been on the crossroads of my career since the last three years. Three years since i left college. Got into the software industry - though i wanted to go into electronics field. Started preparing for CAT because becoming manager was the "In" thing .. Meanwhile realised that core - tech job is not my forte , since i get depressed with the lack of human touch in the software industry... Got interest in the business while preparing for CAT .. Going to meet out the world and its challeneges seemed fascinating..

But how do i know i'll keep this interest .. I have been in love with technology before I came into the industry and lost interest.. I tend to like business , but there are pretty good chances of me losing interest .. I mean business world is supposed to have lots of gore and dirt in it , isn't it .. And i think i am too weak a girl to handle it .. So , somewhere i might just break down and get depressed and lose interest in the field ..

I mean how does a person know what kind of job he wants ? What is THE job for him ? Something that fires the passion in him. Is it like ur soul mate.. That u keep on meeting, falling in love and getting over till u meet "THE" one .. ur sould mate .. Is it the same way like your "soul job" .. And the most important question .. Does every person has a "soul job" ?? Can't we just live with "a job" .. Something which enables u to live and keeps u occupied .. After all what gives more pleasure than a challenging day of hard work .. Something which brings me back to the original question. Do we give a lot of importance to the job ?? Do we forget to see the "peripherals" in the search to find "The job" , the one which can arouse the passion in u ..
I for one have done that ... I have been searching for "the passion" and i don find it. And while gyrating around this, i have forgoteen to see the peripherals , the world revolving around me..Isn't it the same way with soul mates ?? U keep getting unsatisfied and then letting go of people in search of that "Perfect One".. or the "Perfect Friend".. And do u even manage to keep "it" alive once u find it , or think u find it ...

Isn't it all about living, abut seeing and observing and talking and laughing much more than it is about "the passion" ..

and aah .. the passion burns still .. the search continues still .. Even though we know so much better .. :) .. well , thats the way it is , ain't it ?? :)