Growth is life. We must progress. But not alone. It’s important that we take people along with us. The first step may be to move forward. The second step must be to hold back and help someone move up. Success is worth a lot more when we help many others taste success.
Friendship is a bliss and we all are blessed to have friends. Some have few and some many. While you may have many but you may be among the few for some. Take special care of them. Friendship is a bond which can never break. If it does, it never was. Remember, when you make a friend, you pledge your life.
Never compete with anyone else. When you do, you can at best, out do that person. This may give you an ego boost but there is a catch. When you compete with someone, you somehow tend to match yourself with the other person’s vision and performance. This will limit your own world and enormous potential that you have. If at all you wish to compete, be your own competitor. Don’t limit yourself. Beat your own benchmark and set bigger ones. This will be far more satisfying and you will be able to unlock your full potential.
When we become complacent God throws challenges on us. This is not to penalise but to come out of our comfort zones and keep moving. Challenges are not obstructions. They are often opportunities disguised in form of obstacles. So, the next time when you find that things are not going right, gear yourself up. Take challenges head on. That will make things better than before.
One life. That’s it. And it’s passing by. Are you on track? If not, what’s stopping you? You deserve to live a life of choice. Don’t chase success. Chase your dreams. That’s were happiness is. That’s where satisfaction is. Align your life to fulfil your dreams. Don’t worry too much about tomorrow. Future will always be uncertain. You know what you want. Now go all out after them. Live a dream life.
Our motives induce us to do what we do. Actions are nothing but slave to motives. Check your motives. Talk to yourself. Go to the depth of your motives. If required, rub your motives. It will clean your actions.
Luck is not in our control. Hard work is. Even if you are lucky in the beginning, you will need to top it up with hard work for results to continue. If you think you are not having luck but keep on doing the hard work, it becomes the responsibility of luck to be with you. They can’t be separated long. If you get lucky later, it gets compounded. So, do what is in your control and wait for luck to catch up. It definitely will.
To express self is a human need. Equally important is to be sensitive to understand the other person. This is often not easy. The urge to be understood mostly over shadows the need to understand others. Developing a habit to listen more and speak less can be really helpful to overcome this. Speaking can win a person. Listening can win the world.
Pretending is so easy. Being yourself is so tough. I thought I was being myself. Years passed. Finally, I hit the truth. I was kind of pretending. All this while I was trying to project myself as someone I was not. To gain accolades. To gain respect. When I figured this out, it was tough to digest. But I swallowed the bitter truth and vowed to be myself henceforth. I hit the bottom but I have been rising ever since. I will be back soon, with my real self.
Life is not a straight line. There will be times things may not be going right. It will seem they will be like this forever. No, they won’t. Times change. Things change. The situations will improve. Don’t give up. Life will test you. It always does. Those who remain strong get the rewards. You should know, the weak perishes. The strong persists.
