Let's say your boss told you that 5 months from now, the company will unveil it's biggest, most crucial project ever, and he wants you to be part of the team that will head this oh-so-important project. You have your doubts that you'll be able to pull this off, but in the end, you know you want to do it anyway. Come the end of 3 long months, you feel that you have done fairly well and that you have performed to the very best of your efforts. But then, find out that for their 50th anniversary, your parents plan to go abroad for a while. On top of this, you and your siblings plan to throw them a grand party (sort of like reliving their wedding reception) for them which will be celebrated when they come back. The planning of this party takes up more of your time than you thought, and you realize that you aren't as focused on the company project as you should, but opt to concentrate on what would mean more to you - your parents' happiness. You return to the organization in the company's biggest project as soon as the party thing is over. You think for a while "hey, back to business", but then, a co-worker tells you that she has been hearing that your boss is starting to have his doubts on your performance, and that he might just find someone else to fill in your position. Yes, your boss did tell you that you would be the one for the job, but neither he or you predicted that things would happen between the time he appointed you and the end of 5 months either. People change their minds, after all.

So what do you do?

I don't know either. It's depressing to think that something like this is happening to me right now, and sadly, I have no idea how to turn things around nor do I know if my position is still worth fighting for.

What ever happens, I shall accept. I shall bear no grudges. But what shall happen to my once happy heart, I do not know.

Time alone will tell. Come what may.