Now tell me, who is more experienced?
Life is beautiful. Go on with it. Enjoy the long drives, the much needed sips of coffee, the little scoops of ice cream, those long walks which do not seem tiring at all when you make sure you do not walk alone, the all nighters right before your semesters, those days when you go back home after a long time, the love you’re bestowed with, the happiness around you… wait wait, the list doesn’t end here! That is the beauty of it. Not just the good times, learn to breeze through the humdrum affairs of your journey. And when you think you need an impulse or a stimulus or motivation as you call it, do it yourself. Because there is no other person who knows yourself better than you. Advice is always welcome, but in the end the decision lies in your hands.
Off the record, you must be thinking ‘How does she know how life works?’ Well, let’s just say I’ve written all of this out of my own experiences!
I couldn’t find a better way than to end this with one of my favourite dialogues from ‘Rocky’ (Balboa? Italian Stallion? Ring a bell?)
“You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now, if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that, and that ain’t you. You’re better than that!”
By:
Malhari Vydyula