Hello, one and all. I would like to blog today about some things i learnt from my 18 years of living and breathing on planet Earth. They say that when a child comes out of the mother's womb, it cries because it is not yet ready to face the world. But i was one of those few children who never cried when they came out of their mother's womb. I guess i was forewarned by God when i was in mummy's tummy (see what i did there? Well in case it isn't clear, i rhymed.) about how harsh the world out there was going to be, and that it would be a man-eat-man world. And what God told me wasn't wrong at all. I'am not here to preach about how i have lost my faith in humanity (which i haven't) and talk about the various issues plaguing this planet drenched deep in corruption and crime (which it incidentally is). I would just like to talk about what i have learnt from meeting various people and walking through the various paths and stages in my life. I learnt at the age of 2 that no matter how many times while learning to walk, you're still going to rise up and keep trying until you master the art of walking, which is quite the achievement at that age of infancy. I learnt at the age of 7 that some things, in my case a chocolate (which was a big deal to me at that age) will slip out of your hands and your life and it happened because there is something better waiting for you in life ( i got 10 chocolates for losing one. Ha.) I learnt at the age of 11 that even though you fall from a height and hurt some part of your body, which in my case was my head after i fell down from a stone bench to the ground, your vulnerable body part will heal and that you're definitely going to be okay, and not end up like actor Vikram in the Tamil movie Pitamagan (okay, no offence intended, just trying to give you an example here.) I learnt at the age of 15 that it's okay if you're not able to perform well in your school examinations, because your ultimate knowledge is to be used in the examination of Life and trust me, the examination of Life has questions that very few can only answer. If you have to be prepared for that, please go through the Bhagavad Gita. It's the book that tells you your purpose in Life.( I came over all philosophical there for a minute, but can't help it.) I learnt at the age of 17 that it's okay to be rejected by someone you had a crush on, and it's because God is writing a better love story for you in indelible ink. And at the age of 18, i learnt that not at all people will be nice to you. Some people will seem really sweet on the outside, but their intentions might be only to manipulate and use you as their tissue, and even if you have been used by somebody, it's okay to feel hurt and rebel, but it's even better to rise above it all and move on. I learnt that when you unfriend a person (Facebook or real life, but here i'm talking about reality), it's not always wrong, and remember, it happened only because this person would have never been the right sort of company for you and even if you had forced these thoughts out of your mind, they will hit you back on the face because you are hanging out with a person your heart and soul dislike. I learnt that if this person you broke your friendship keeps talking ill of you to others, just ignore it, because there is a saying which goes by "Empty vessels make the most noise." And i learnt not to diss the opportunity to get into an amazing bond of friendship with someone else, and not think that every person i consider a friend is just another xerox copy of my ex-friend. I learnt to trust again those my heart told me to trust, and i haven't had my trust broken. And i know that my life's boat is to sail further to a future awaiting me, and i hope that i remember all that i learnt through my 18 years. Because it's going to be 18 and forth.
