Stand up comedy

The concept of stand up comedy always fascinated me. I don't remember since when. But I always wanted to have a good sense of humor and loved to see people laugh their hearts out. It didn't matter if they laughed at me. My first ever and for a long time my audience was my immediate family and close friends. I know they won't judge me after my silliest of the jokes. I'm that kind of a person who can Crack poorest of the jokes in any given, known and familiar group of people. But that doesn't mean I am pursuing stand up comedy. And that's my dilemma. I want to talk to unknown people and make them laugh. No big deal, right? But here's the twist. Not exactly kurkure wala twist but by profession, I'm being trained to be a doctor. Oh wow! One of the most serious nerds of the planet and strangely the one where you just cannot make jokes out of someone's suffering. Which I am good at though. If I ever became a Comedian, I would want to take my audience in the most comic way possible. And if I became a doctor (Which I suppose I already am) I would want my patients to take me in the most serious way possible. So, you might still think, what's the big deal? I can have two different sets of people for both purposes whatsoever. After all, in the end both the jobs leave people happier than before. But they say, what you do everyday becomes a way of your life. So here I am.. Wanting to choose which way to adapt. I do remember the poem, the roads less traveled. What will make all the difference? So here's a question I ask myself. Why medicine? Because MJ said.. Heal the world, make it a better place. For you and for me and for the entire human race. And another question, why not stand up comedy then? Here's where I don't know how I conveniently choose the road more traveled by. Stand up comedy? Eh. How will my parents react? Shoosh. Are you even serious? Why do u want to make a joke of yourself to earn a livelihood when you can do such a respectable job and sometimes even be worshipped for it. Is it your passion? I sometimes wonder if I get tired of stand up comedy? I do have an answer for this. I'll just sit down. That's simple. Most things are. Why am I even complicating it. I get an answer for why not stand up comedy right now. I'm not qualified for the job. No degree. For the time being I'll remain a doctor. And when you ask what do you want to become when you grow up? I'll say just rise above and change my audience. (read it "stand up")