It's the time of the year
I keep anticipating with every passing minute, when will the days go by; when
will I hit the shops and the parlour for a makeover; when will I get all the
attention and call it a day, My Day! And so, it's here! It's my Birthday - just
the same feeling everyone around the world waits for, as much as you deny. And
when the day nears by, you feel old. You start feeling desperate, desperate
enough to try pushing it away, to another month or so, just to remain younger,
to evade all the responsibilities of the world you may be burdened with. But
who can stop the forces of the nature to erupt and bloom the way they should
be. And then you are, suddenly, a year older, a year wiser, and a year grateful
to have lived so far, a year wishful waiting more fun, more love and more of
everything you ever had.
And so to sum it all up,
I've come up with the 21 lessons I've learned in my life. Inspire. Influence.
Illuminate.
- Whoever
you are, whatever you may be, YOU are the most important
entity ever existing, not for others but for yourself. Love yourself more
than anyone else, unconditionally, dearly. You are not selfish, but
confident!
- Live
today like
you'll die tomorrow. Don't wait for things to happen but make things
happen. This is neither from any book nor from the Internet, rather from
the heart. Because it's your heart that decides what you actually want
while your head places other options, confusing you all the while.
- NO
ONE in this world is born ugly. It's the situations they encounter in
their lives that mould them to what they are. Go deep within, you'll
definitely find a reason to love them. Everyone's
compatible to you and vice-versa.
- LOVE
is not a huge word, HATE is! So remember where you
pronounce it.
- "Money
may not buy you happiness, but it definitely satisfies your thirst,
unquenchable by human emotions". Your parents would never have
thought of the monetary benefits you would place before them someday when
they conceived you. So forget about the statement above and live
for humanity, rather than moneymaking!
- Go
with the flow of nature, but once in a while STOP - TURN AROUND - WALK
BACK - REBEL! Not because you are different or unique, but just for fun,
damn it!
- PAIN
KILLS PAIN - NO NEVER! Stop over-reacting, like you are the
last soul who has to bear all! Start honing the more creative side of you,
be it for yourself or others! Just do what you love and JUST DO IT!
- The
more you are tempted to do something, the more you are drawn towards
it! Toss a coin! You'll know what you are supposed to do. As
Simple As It Should Be!
- The
moments you laugh or the moments you cry should be termed as "MEMORIES"
and nothing else. Because these are the memories that'd give you the extra
dose of laughter for being stupid, crazy and madly dumb!
- You
are a STRONG person even if you have a longer list of
weaknesses; because they are only read by others to term you weak and not
by yourself. So learn to metamorphose them into something stunning leaving
everyone speechless.
- Patience! That's the
word, my friend! Spell it out, loud and clear!
- Being
pleasant is not a virtue to some idiots on earth sent to find ways to
destroy every reason to your existence. Chill, you are not born to please
the world! The world was created to please you!
- Stop
regretting. Start appreciating. That's the key to life.
Every decision in life teaches you something vital, and that is, to LIVE!
- You
want to cry. You really want to cry. You really, really want to cry?
Okay. Cry! It doesn't hurt - neither your eyes nor your
health. Just let it go, just let it flow!
- You
can’t, no no just CANNOT change the world. Look at you! Just a little
thing and the world is such a big place serving every minute creature like
you. Be what you want the world to be. Treat others how you want
to be treated. That's how you bring change. That's how the world's
going to be a better place to live in.
- The littlest
trait is what surprises you the most, and that's why it brings
you the most joy! It's not how you see it, but how you feel it that makes
it more worthwhile.
- Never
try your level best to gain the limelight. You are just wasting your
energy over unwanted and unnecessary things that's going to do no good to
you than those that you gain by staying out and creating your own
limelight, away and better!
- It's NOW or
it's NEVER. And if it's none of them, then it's FOREVER.
- You
will be let down, always, every time. You will face a lot of defeats,
always, every time. But stay focused, because that's what
annoys everyone around. Be yourself, that's what irks everyone.
- You
never HATE anyone, you just DISLIKE people, because you are either jealous
of what they possess or selfish to share what you possess. It all arises
out of INSECURITY!
- Lastly,
it doesn't matter what you wear and what you don't. Without a SMILE,
you are just nothing!
Start knowing yourself,
that's the hardest job you could ever take up. Start loving yourself, that's
the simplest gift you could give yourself. And most importantly, be aware and
alert of what you do, that's how you INSPIRE INFLUENCE ILLUMINATE!
Savaged from my erstwhile
blog http://inspireinfluenceilluminate.wordpress.com/
