Unplugger live from Pune!!!
The raindrops are getting bigger and bigger and pastures going greener and greener with the end of July as I approach one special day. What a ride it has been!!! An interplay of emotions, hide and seek of the loved ones and rise and fall of the fortune. Life has been as pristine as the lake in the last scene in 3 Idiots and as horrendous as the Mumbai blasts. At the end this week I would complete the first marathon (26 miles) of life literally. But still Life is bitch who no one can screw but she has the power to screw everyone else. Here is a list of 26 life lessons I have learned the hard way or through experience of others thus far at the age of 26. I pass this list on to you with the simple hope that it makes you think. Retrospection helps you out clearing few things. Here they come!
1.Investing in friends has higher returns than investing in markets. Friends stand by you while markets don’t when in soup.
2.Have a cousin with whom you can share anything, anywhere, anytime.
3.Kindness and hard work will take you further than intelligence.
4.Emotions are the spices of life. Love-Hate, Anger-Joy Every emotion is vital to make the soup of life tasty.
5.Lose your power, grades, money, loved ones once to know how integral part each one plays in your life.
6.Money makes life easier only when its is yours, free and clear.
7.If you are not married/engaged by 26, either you are confused or not suitable for love marriage or may be, not lucky enough!!
8.The road to losing yourself starts with greed. Greed will eventually bury even the lucky.
9.Respect Nature and treat her as your mother.
10.Winning by humility is the most comprehensive victory. Carelessness is the root of failure.
11.First impressions are mostly fake. It takes at least three meetings to know a person.
12. Mostly, by the time you muster the courage to speak out things, people have left.
13.Life can be fun as an adult when you live life acting as a child. Loose yourself, drive across the city just to get your favourite flavour of ice cream.
14.Good people are often greeted with bad things. What matters is how they even welcome adversities!
15.Uncertainty is caused by a lack of knowledge. Hesitation is the product of fear.
16.Give Time some Time. It heals all wounds regardless of how you feel right now.
17.People deserve a second chance, but not a third.
18.Getting healthy is a gradual process. Do not lose sight of what your body demands.
19.Take lots of pictures. Someday you’ll be really glad you did.
20.Pick up a sport right from the childhood besides cricket. India needs more than that!!
21.Failures are your best teachers in life. They help us understand the dynamics of people.
22.In a conversation, standing by the weaker side will help you understand than otherwise.
23.When letting go is the only option, why postpone it? Make rational decisions and stand by them.
24.More wisdom is distributed at the back benches than the crap at beginning!!
25.Love someone like crazy. Fight with your partner. Leave him/her once. If s/he comes back, I bet won’t get better. Cling and never lose them.
26.To be learnt on 25th when clock strikes 12… :)
Touchwood!! I had the best of friends, family and well wishers and I thank them very much for standing by me during thick and specially during thin. As I take another step in my life, I particularly wrote this so you get a feel how the previous steps have been. See you all sometime, somewhere. Bonne chance!!
