By Mona Radwan
As I was sitting grabbing my cup of coffee few days back – I wondered how did I fare in my life journey so far? What were my achievements, failures and what do I still need to work on?
That question led me to flash-back on my life and I imagined: If I could go back in time, what advice would I have given to my younger self? And here they are:
1.You are not in comparison with anyone – you only compete with yourself. Always try to be better today than what you were yesterday, it’s a continuous maturity cycle.
2.We do not know everything and anything – our knowledge is limited no matter how well educated we are. When you admit you do not know it all, this is when you really start to learn.
3.Invest and dedicate yourself with those who are willing to do that with you. One-way takers are only suckers of your time and effort – leave them aside and move on.
4.If you want to know something, ask – do not assume, assumption is the root cause for most dramas.
5.We don't meet people by accident – things do not happen out of the blues, fact is: everything happens for a reason.
6. Avoid being paralyzed by fear – fear is a wolf, it either catches you or you catch it, the choice is yours.
7.Praise publicly and criticize privately – its great to be bold and confrontational but there are times when you should be more focused on how others would feel towards what you say even if you are right.
8.It’s not what we say – its how we say it.
9.Own your mistakes, admit them and move on.
10. We make choices every day, we choose to run our day, or our day runs us, we choose to have a plan or to be the plan for others, we choose to be alone crying or leaning on a shoulder to cry on. We make the choices and we get the consequences.
11.Be healthy when you are young – don’t wait to age so you start drinking water and playing sports, you owe it to yourself.
12.Sometimes relationships don't work out – that’s life. Do not blame or finger point, nothing really changes that way. Rather, know more about yourself and what you want, and do not settle for less or half options or solutions, it never pays off.
13.If you do not like something (a relationship, job, person) – do not just complain. Try to change things, if you can’t change things then accept them. Accepting but still complaining is only going to make you one hell of a drama queen.
14.When you grow old and approach your final days of our life, what will you want? Will you just hug that college degree in that expensive walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to the garage so you can sit in your high-tech car? Will you ask to be dressed in your finest branded clothes wearing the diamond Rolex? Of course not. What will matter most will be the people around you. If they will matter most then, shouldn't they matter most now?
15.Karma is a circular behavior: What goes around comes around, so put out in the universe all the positive energy you seek back in return.
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