"Life is the best teacher" - remember this proverb written on my primary school's blackboard many years ago as "Thought for the day", and ever since then have heard it, read it and have said it thousands of times without giving a serious thought about what it really means. Now two decades later and after everything that i experienced between then & now, i fully agree that - life is the best teacher and she teaches me something new everyday.She not only teaches but also ensures that her students never ever forget the lessons learn't.
Some important lessons that i learned are as follows:
- It's not important to have thousand friends, it's important to have few real ones with whom i can be completely myself.
- Only change is constant - either embrace it with open arms or resist it, the choice is mine.
- Everything happens for a reason - a good reason
- Everything is relative.
- We are more often driven by our insecurities than our desire.
- All unknown things are not bad & all known things are not good.
- All those who smile, wink & agree with me are not my friends and all those who oppose me are not my enemies.
- People are neither black nor white - they are grey, some darker shades & some lighter ones.
- In life, we are fortunate if we have handful of people who genuinely loves us because all others would only be interested in manipulating & using us for their self interest.
- Love & support parents, they are irreplaceable - no one in this whole world can love me as much as they do.
- It's not important to please/impress everyone - being real &doing things that i believe in, is much more important.
- Hard work, sincerity & honesty are priceless virtues, which matters in the long run.
- At times i can feel lonely even in a crowd of familiar faces.
- There would always be some people around me, who may be more fortunate, richer, smarter, prettier, intelligent and capable than me and its fine.
- No matter how much i plan my life, i will never get it 100% right.
- Life's unpredictable, it can change overnight.
- Life is not a competition, its fine to not be the best at everything i do, all the time.
- Failure is not a crime - its just an event like success.
- Money is not everything but it's still very important inorder to lead a comfortable life - money matters!!
- To count all my blessings & being grateful to God for everything i have, many are not as fortunate as i am.
- I'm unique and there's no one in this whole world like me & God wants me to remain that way.
- Reverence for God is above everything else as only he is real in this superficial world.
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