The 25 year old me, in my head is a Ted Talk speaker, have motivated a number of people, blamed God for making me fat, have lived in my dreams and lived my dreams, but what has stayed with me always is the small lessons I have learned in these beautiful years of my life. Here are few stories from my life, and the lessons learned from them.

Lesson Number 1 – Live your dreams

Since childhood, I was a bookworm, probably that’s why when I was in class 11th, I thought of writing a book. I dreamt of becoming this famous writer,going for book readings etc. And you know what, I did step in the literary world, when I wrote ” A Rebound Done Right.” A “number” of people read it, but what mattered to me the most was the fact that I fulfilled my dream, I was a step closer. I lived it, my name was in the newspaper, with my book.

Moral – Live your dreams, never give up, you will cherish these moments for life.

Lesson Number 2 – Always listen to your heart

Your heart knows it all, like it is said in hindi “Suno Sabki, Kro Manki”. Someone told me this a few years back, “Focus on one thing, only then you would be able to do something with your life.”, but you know what, when I tried to focus on just “one thing” I lost me, because I wanted to do everything, I wanted to become a writer, a marketing professional, a blogger, a motivational speaker, the list went on and on. So, when I decided to listen to my heart, everything fell into place and I built my own happy space.

Moral – The best way to live life to its fullest is to always listen to your heart.

Lesson Number 3 – You cannot force people to stay

I can count my true friends on my fingers, people who have stayed with me when I have given them headaches, and vice versa. We all chose to stick around, in good and bad times. I have had friends who left me when they knew I needed them and friends who came looking after me when I was lost.

Moral – Your people will find you, always.

Lesson Number 4 – Pat on your back

Everytime I start writing something, in my head I know if the end result would be good or bad. Sometimes the things I write are so bad that I’m like, ” what have I written?” and sometimes till the time I have written the last line of the article I’m jumping with joy for the masterpiece I have created. Everytime I do something good, I praise myself, I go all like “Wow, Sam, Kya likha hai!!” There is a line stuck in my head which was told by my dad “Not every person you meet is going to appreciate you for the good you do” and I guess somehow I got it from there, why a pat on back is important.

Moral – At the end of the day if I don’t celebrate my small wins how will I grow?

Lesson Number 5 – Be the Emotional Queen of your life

I’m someone who gets attached to people easily, the 5 – 6 friends that I have, I’m super attached to all of them, so even if I have a small fight with them, it would make my heart sad. Sometimes, I would cry over things that might not even bother someone else. The point is, crying is not a sign of weakness, crying is sign of how emotionally strong you feel, how strongly you connect with people. So when someone says I don’t cry, it doesn’t mean you are emotionally weak, it means they are not strong enough to share their emotions with themselves.

Moral – Crying is for the brave!!!

Live a life where there are no regrets, just lessons !!!