So, I remember this new year, being stuck with a particularly interesting group of five adults.
A warm day on a Dubai beach, four grown-ups swimming in the water and the last of them standing with me in the ankle-length clear blue-green water, led to a very interestingly mature and deep conversation that is not washed out of my system as of yet.
She told me not to care what other people thought of me. She told me to follow my dreams, irrespective of other's expectations of me. She told me this, and one of the other grown-ups came out of the water.
On hearing our conversation, he expressed his own opinion.
He said if a writer doesn't care what his readers think of him, he will lose all his readers soon. Agreed.
This rose to an argument between the two. I could not help but smile as these two completely different people argued.
Somewhere along we talked about success, and truly successful people.
And then, the question arose:
'Can success be measured in terms of money?'
This is probably a question each one of us ask ourselves, a question each one of us has a different opinion of.
Many different possible conclusions went through my mind, but I stated only one observation:
'Money can't buy everything, but no money can't buy anything.'
A slight drizzle prevailed, and we decided to call it a day.
As I have said time and again, I'm just fourteen. I do, at times, behave like I know everything. My Twitter and Facebook wall is full of these emotional thoughts and all. But, I am just fourteen. I try being deep, and I think that to a certain point, I am. After that, I'm just plain dramatic.
You may think I am incapable of having an opinion of my own. I tried, but my mind kept changing sides.
As we sat in the car, one of the adults told me something. Which I will never forget. Those few words, have helped me form an opinion. It's not too deep, or complicated.
It's simple:
'Whatever you do, do it with enthusiasm. That's all you really need to be happy.'
Some days, still, when I feel lost, I think of this, and it leads me back on track.
Do what you love, or love what you do. Either way, don't do something you don't want to.
"Sometimes I lay under the moon, and thank God I'm breathing..."
A warm day on a Dubai beach, four grown-ups swimming in the water and the last of them standing with me in the ankle-length clear blue-green water, led to a very interestingly mature and deep conversation that is not washed out of my system as of yet.
She told me not to care what other people thought of me. She told me to follow my dreams, irrespective of other's expectations of me. She told me this, and one of the other grown-ups came out of the water.
On hearing our conversation, he expressed his own opinion.
He said if a writer doesn't care what his readers think of him, he will lose all his readers soon. Agreed.
This rose to an argument between the two. I could not help but smile as these two completely different people argued.
Somewhere along we talked about success, and truly successful people.
And then, the question arose:
'Can success be measured in terms of money?'
This is probably a question each one of us ask ourselves, a question each one of us has a different opinion of.
Many different possible conclusions went through my mind, but I stated only one observation:
'Money can't buy everything, but no money can't buy anything.'
A slight drizzle prevailed, and we decided to call it a day.
As I have said time and again, I'm just fourteen. I do, at times, behave like I know everything. My Twitter and Facebook wall is full of these emotional thoughts and all. But, I am just fourteen. I try being deep, and I think that to a certain point, I am. After that, I'm just plain dramatic.
You may think I am incapable of having an opinion of my own. I tried, but my mind kept changing sides.
As we sat in the car, one of the adults told me something. Which I will never forget. Those few words, have helped me form an opinion. It's not too deep, or complicated.
It's simple:
'Whatever you do, do it with enthusiasm. That's all you really need to be happy.'
Some days, still, when I feel lost, I think of this, and it leads me back on track.
Do what you love, or love what you do. Either way, don't do something you don't want to.
"Sometimes I lay under the moon, and thank God I'm breathing..."
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