When you love yourself the way you are, you may not be doing justice to your potential. A physique can be improved, and so can a sense of style. Looks can be improved, and so can the ability to communicate.

Your overall growth as a person is only possible if you don't become complacent with who you are and remain rigid. One needs to keep grinding and evolving into a better version of oneself to keep pace with individuals of every generation.

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Someone who is not good at what you do may have their own area of expertise, making them really good at what interests them the most. Knowledge acquisition and learning are lifelong processes. When we reach the la-la land of perfection and crown ourselves, that's actually the beginning of denial.

Perceiving someone as less intelligent without truly knowing them is actually a reflection of our own limitations. The more we know, the less hurtful our words become, as we grow wise enough to realize that nobody can be competent at everything. A small act of encouragement can do wonders for someone who is holding onto hope, so dismissing them or being cold toward them is actually unthoughtful.

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Infidelity has become common today because people get bored quite easily. Rather than investing their time in pursuing hobbies and interests, they look for entertainment outside. Hence, the decision to have a child after getting married still requires a lot of consideration.

First of all, it is not feasible for everyone. Secondly, while you might be busy planning everything for your family and avoiding distractions, your partner, on the other hand, might be trying to establish a new connection to avoid boredom and seek excitement in life.

When two confused people, who are not sure what they want from life, have a child, it can lead to making their marriage just a social formality while both of them are actually seeking newness and variety. Short-term goals in life, therefore, are necessary; otherwise, the idle brain indeed becomes the devil's workshop.

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People who naturally look beautiful often don't even care about their appearance. Those who possess immense knowledge and have achieved success in their careers are rarely seen looking down on others. What easy attention and validation have done to the society is that they have made someone who is a 5 out of 10 believe they are a 10 out of 10.

There's a lack of self-awareness regarding whom they are talking to and whether they might actually be less accomplished than someone else. There's no monopoly on brains--mediocrity has become the new perfection.

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The harsh truth is if someone living in a hut gets a big bungalow to live without considering whether they deserve it or not, they will get addicted to that way of living and forget where they belong. In some cases, they don't even remain grateful. Therefore, males and females both need to get independent and self-sufficient before getting married so that they can realise the importance of hard work as well as what it takes to provide and buy luxuries.

Our reality--without someone's financial support--is who we are and where we belong. This should always be in mind in order to be grateful and remain dignified.

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You were a run machine who once used to chase impossible and was all set to surpass the record of great Sachin. You left the red ball format without finishing the unfinished business--one last peak in Test cricket. The words like spirituality and contentment would never suit the kind of cricket you used to play in the early 2010s.

For fans who admire legends, records matter. Milestones matter. If no milestones ever mattered, there wouldn't be many Greats of the game like Sachin, Lara, Akram, Warne and Mcgrath. You were set to surpass them all but with the batting average that you chose to retire, it would be the most disappointing for those who admired your hunger to score 100s as well as your passion and aggression for the game

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Someone, while growing up, wanted a bicycle badly, convinced their father, and thought it would make them the happiest. After using it enough, their interest faded, and they thought something else could make them happy. This continued, and the source of their happiness kept changing.

The truth is we tend to grow out of things over time. Even if we desperately want something, once we get it, it feels normal after a while. Behind every milestone, there's another milestone—and not perennial happiness. While progressing in life should be the primary goal, remaining detached is vital too.

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Pursuing education funded by parents, then going against them and eloping after watching an unrealistic Bollywood movie. Letting them face insult and backlash at that age. Making them spend lavishly on a wedding just to live out a bollywood dream. Then, after being ditched, returning years later and leaving the burden of their kids on parents and a sibling, all in the name of 'family.' When they grow old, claiming to be busy raising their kids.

This is a whole new level of selfishness people rarely talk about. Love isn’t the problem—being completely unthoughtful and irresponsible is. Sometimes, parents are just too naive to understand how they are used conveniently their whole life just because someone fell in love with the feeling of being loved.

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Someone who left you was not your enemy, since it was not a war. Keeping bitterness in mind for so long only restricts your possibility to grow. Once the healing phase is over and mistakes are realized, close that chapter and strive to evolve into a better human being. Don't stalk. Don't look back. Don't bother them.

Your arguments, sides and expectations were valid, and so were theirs. Life is long, and love comes in a different form at a different stage of life, which should be the reason for you to stop making it a big issue to seek emotional attention.

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If you avoid responsibilities, they will come back to haunt you sooner or later. It's better to prepare to be responsible as early as possible, so that you can become a source of hope for your loved ones rather than a burden. If your parents, spouse, or children don't see you as their hope, there's nothing to be proud of. The same applies to them as well—one pessimistic person with a victim mentality in the household can ruin things for the entire family.

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