Life is a constant learning experience…

Life in Pune has taught me a lot…or more accurately, the last three years have been very crucial to my learning process….n I m not talking only in terms of bookish knowledge, I am talking about LIFE….

A new city, a new atmosphere, new surroundings, new people….

A new beginning…..that is what Pune gave to me 3 years ago…

Arranging my belongings with my mother in the hostel room, I remember saying to myself that the not-so-large room was going to be my home for the next four years…when my mother tearfully waved a goodbye on the hostel gate, I knew it was the first time that I was completely alone… I learnt the value of mom-made food…I learnt the value of my mother’s care and affection…the mountain-strong support of my dad…the fun filled moments with my brother….I learnt that home is the best place on earth…I missed home…

But then slowly, loneliness started wearing out when I got to meet my roommates and other freshers who were in the same emotional state as I was… though in various degrees of sadness….Slowly, our friendship blossomed….and then I learnt to adjust myself to the new surroundings…

I got to learn some very important lessons of life…It is not necessary to be perfect…and it is ok to make mistakes. It is ok if I don’t possess enchanting beauty….I understood that I might not be very beautiful but then I learnt that every girl is charming in her own ways….because beauty is skin-deep..it is about your values and emotions…n that a genuine smile is much more effective than make up….a pleasant smile is what wins friends… that simplicity is more charming than false pretences….its care and affection that matters most in relationships in life…

I got to learn that everybody is talented in their own way….each one of us however ordinary is special in some aspect of life….not everybody might be a super achiever in the eyes of the whole world, but they all possess some good qualities….each person is a winner in their own life…everybody has their problems to handle and they all are champions….so I learnt that each person I meet can teach me something important….though they may not necessarily be my friends….

Here, I learnt that being happy and relaxed is the most fundamental need of human life….n also that happiness is not a one-time victory, it is a battle to be won every day against the challenges that life brings with itself…..that happiness is the essence of success and prosperity…one cannot be truly successful if one is not happy….

I learnt some very crucial things about happiness…that happiness is a state of mind…it is one of the truths of life that we are as happy as we imagine ourselves to be…. But we are earthly beings and to be happy, we need basic things, some fundamental necessities….a happy family life, a decent income, love and a sense of belonging….that money is important for happiness…how important is a personal matter…that money may not be at the 1^st position in life…but it is far ahead of the second place….

I learnt about friendships…that friendship is a very important part of teenage life...that friends influence us the most in this phase….they help you out in troubling times…friendship adds various colors to the palette of life…and with another lesson…that friendship has its own expectations…that each of us expects friends to be supportive in times of need….n that even trifle things when piled up do hurt a lot…that sometimes even the most bosom friends can hurt each other very badly…

N the wise thing is to take all these things in stride…that not to let minor things hurt you so badly that you end lovely friendships…that to have expectations from people who hold an important place in your life but one should be able to take care of self if they are not fulfilled…That everybody in life is going to hurt you at some point or other …it is up to us to decide to be unhappy or happy….

I also learnt that tension can never solve problems. It only adds up to the worries. That tension can never produce anything beneficial. Either every problem has a solution, so there is no need to worry about it. Or if there is no solution, then there is absolutely no point in worrying…

That there are some problems in life which do not have a solution… n life is not always fair. And we need to adapt to the sudden changes that life poses….that it is ok if we become tired in the long road to our destination…that we need to move on after taking rest…that sometimes in life, all things may go out of control..That it is ok to cry at times…and to remember that tears should give us the strength to pursue life again…that to succeed, we need to first believe in our capability …because success finally comes to the man who believes he can…

The most important lesson is that time is the most precious resource available to us. Youth is the most replenishing period of life. These years embark the journey of life. Nothing can ever replace hard work. It’s the time when we should be serious about our ambitions and endeavors. Communicating with others, listening to different opinions, analyzing them and then taking our own decisions….these are things that matter throughout life.

Life itself is very precious….and there are some ideals that are more precious than life…they become passions…passion for a noble cause…such a passion gives a meaning to our existence…

The MOST important lesson that I learnt is to treasure life…Life is the most beautiful gift that we have...and never to take life for granted…because every day is a precious gift and we should cherish it….because no moment can ever be brought back….

Life is a constant learning process…

And we will all continue learning in the coming years….