Be Your Own

Do not let people define who you are. People will try to bring you down and pull you back. Do not let them!

Fight for what you believe in, but while doing so, do not forget who you are. Let people go, and shut them out of your life if need be. Those who demean and disrespect you, should have no role to play in your life anymore.

It is hard to let go of the people whom you have known forever. But, darling, remember that sometimes, people change drastically. Stop believing that the person is still good at heart. That isn’t how the world works anymore. Everyone has two faces, even you. Do not feel guilty in letting go of people, or fighting with the people you once loved. Because, in the end, it is you who must live with yourself. You are the one who must serve yourself spiritually and rightly, before anything else. Be good, moreover, be happy.

Life is all about serving for the cause you believe in, while keeping yourself satisfied. ‘Service before self’ does not hold good if you are dying inside. In the end, no one else will save you, but yourself. Be in love with yourself, but just enough to stay happy, not so much, that you hurt others, like others hurt you.

Have an ego, but a humble one. Have an attitude, but one which makes you work hard for the things you believe in. Have determination to be the good person you know you can be. Learn from others’ mistakes, but make your own too. Someone once told me, ‘The best teacher is your last mistake.’

Dated: 16/08/2017