Time may or may not heal

Time may or may not heal, but it draws enough distance for you to look at everything with objectivity. When the past loses hold over you, you can study it like a story and draw lessons for the future. That is the gift of time.

It is difficult to look into the eyes of people in hospitals

It is difficult to look into the eyes of people in hospitals. There are sad eyes, hopeful eyes, troubled eyes, searching eyes, and sleepless eyes. Eyes that look out and wonder why the world outside is still the same. Why doesn’t it pause for them? Eyes that are full of questions that no one has answers for. Eyes that will, in time, find a way to look at the world with grace again. Eyes that will, in time, let a smile touch them again.

When you create

When you create, your work, your creations, your art becomes a part of your personality. You naturally gravitate towards talking about things and people you like and admire. When you don't create, your opinion of other people's work becomes your entire personality. You naturally gravitate towards talking about things and people you don't like and why they must be ridiculed. Your need to constantly diss others comes from a need to assert your own personality. The right way to do that is to go out, get in the arena, create, and build.

What do I want to get out of life?

One of the most important questions you can ask yourself is - What do I want to get out of life? Even when you may not have an exact answer, just asking yourself the question time and again can help bring clarity and put your focus back in the right place.

Practicing your knowledge

Consuming knowledge, wide and deep, makes you out-think everyone. But practicing your knowledge gives you new knowledge, and that makes you outrun everyone.  Do this in a loop and you will be unbeatable in your field.

Let everyone live their own journey

It is not your job to tell people the hard truths about themselves. If they were ready for them, they would've reached there on their own or asked for guidance. Let everyone live their own journey. You focus on your own.

All of these eventually become a choice

The world strips you of everything - belief, kindness, trust, innocence. Then you must learn to choose these values. All of these eventually become a choice, not the natural way of being.