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"Don’t think about making life better for other people who don’t even deserve you, rather, focus on making your life the best, for yourself and those who love you."

C. JoyBell C.

मैकदे में कोई रात उछालें....!!!

Gazal by my great friend Raghvendra Bajpai

"शिकवों-गिलों की जगह वो सौगात उछालें,

अब ज़िन्दगी की कोई नयी बात उछालें.

दिन तो गमों के साए में बीता है बराबर,

आओ के मैकदे में कोई रात उछालें.

दुनिया जो नफ़रतों की कभी बात करे तो,

दुनिया की तरफ इश्क़ के लमहात उछालें.

प्यासी सी सरज़मी के लिए आओ के यारों!!

बिन बादलों की कोई तो बरसात उछालें.

हर ओर बदगुमानियों का दौर जवां है,

ऐसे में कोई नयी सी शुरुआत उछालें.

माना कि कई बाज़ियाँ हारीं हैं जीत के,

उन बाज़ियों की क्यूँ भला शह-मात उछालें.

ये ठीक है के गर्द -ए- सफ़र साथ है लेकिन,

मुफ़लिसी के क्यूँ बेवजह हालात उछालें.

महफ़िल में फक़त ग़ज़ल की ही बात हो ना के,

एक दूसरे की खामखाँ औकात उछालें...!!!"

---Raghu

"An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you."

- Goi Nasu

Things to worry about

Things to worry about:

Worry about courage
Worry about Cleanliness
Worry about efficiency
Worry about horsemanship
Worry about…

Things not to worry about:

Don’t worry about popular opinion
Don’t worry about dolls
Don’t worry about the past
Don’t worry about the future
Don’t worry about growing up
Don’t worry about anybody getting ahead of you
Don’t worry about triumph
Don’t worry about failure unless it comes through your own fault
Don’t worry about mosquitoes
Don’t worry about flies
Don’t worry about insects in general
Don’t worry about parents
Don’t worry about boys
Don’t worry about disappointments
Don’t worry about pleasures
Don’t worry about satisfactions

Things to think about:

What am I really aiming at?
How good am I really in comparison to my contemporaries in regard to:

(a) Scholarship
(b) Do I really understand about people and am I able to get along with them?
(c) Am I trying to make my body a useful instrument or am I neglecting it?

Stay....

"Stay hungry, stay young, stay foolish, stay curious, and above all, stay humble. Because just when you think you’ve got all the answers is the moment some bitter twisted fate in the universe will remind you that you pretty much don’t."

- Tom Hiddleston

“Everyone is my teacher. Some I seek. Some I subconsciously attract. Often I learn simply by observing others. Some may be completely unaware that I’m learning from them, yet I bow deeply in gratitude.”

- Eric Allen

Success

To laugh often and much; 

to win the respect of intelligent people 

and the affection of children; 

to earn the appreciation of honest critics 

and to endure the betrayal of false friends. 

To appreciate beauty; 

to find the best in others; 

to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, 

a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; 

to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. 

This is to have succeeded."

— - Ralph Waldo Emerson