Things I wish had known more clearly during my early teens
- The wannabe groups in school were actually not very cool people to hang out with. They would always stupid issues of the third kind.
- No matter how much you diet and how hard you exercise, you will never be that thin again.
- Nothing outside of who I am in God can make me cool.
- 2nd most important decision I would make is, who my friends were.
- People who invest in mutual funds are not losers.
- Eat all the desserts to satisfy your “sweet tooth”. Very soon even a spoonful of chocolate delight would travel straight to add to the paunch.
- If you keep looking at the phone, it would never ring.
- There is a reason why you lose touch with so many school friends. You simply have nothing in common except for the fact that you were once in a class together. Don't feel guilty.
- Don't bother fighting it, eventually you'll turn into your father. By the time a man realizes that his father was right, he'll have a son who thinks that he's wrong.
- A man who doesn't read good books has NO advantage over a man who doesn't read at all.
- You can only really make friends when you are young. After that, you’re stuck with chance acquaintances and work contacts whom you also socialize with.
- Nothing is as important as you think.
- Friends are way more important than lovers – and nearly always outlast them.
- If you want something, don’t be afraid to ask.
- Never throw a party if you will be the most interesting man in the party.
- You can’t change the world – but don’t let it change you either.
- Exercise is something you do to keep fit not to get thin.
- Ultimately, love remains out of necessity.
- Never mistake Knowledge for wisdom, one helps make a living, other helps you ,make a life.
Things I'm glad I knew
- Outdoors sports were as much fun (or more) than the en vogue Video and PC games
- Quizzing is great fun and not a nerdy game
- Succumbing to Peer Pressure is not Manly in any ways...
- Don't try and color your hair to be jazzy, you'll anyways have to do that as a monthly chore soon.
- That I was not a loser reading all the literature that I did during early years.
But Overall, I think what we did in the early teens was out of innocence. It was awesome because thats how we learn and most of our lives we learn the hard way.
I think our teens was the best of both the worlds – conventional, radical and adoption to advancements (socially and technologically). So we played the en vogue PC games listened to the “in” music & read the teen novels yet - loved life, listened to Indian soul music, read classic literature, enjoyed the lap of nature and played outdoors conventionally. As it is I love my life and have NO regrets.
So I look back in glory and just thank everyone for it....
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