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Be True To Yourself. “This above all: To thine own self be true…” - William Shakespeare We are the future, what is to become. We are everyone’s hope, the forthcoming carriers of the world. We are expected to be mentally competent, physically fit and emotionally strong. We must be able to cope with the world, show our true potential and push the limit to and then beyond the sky. But how are we supposed to triumph over these expectations, if we are unaware of our own aptitude? We face a very different world, today. Way different than what it was in Shakespearean times. Yet his words pertain to us just as aptly. In a world so demanding, so harsh, so vigorous, we need something to ground us, to make sense of our being. We need to confide, have faith and know our boundaries and limits. And for that… Well, we must be true to our owneth self. What is the self? It is perceived to be our inner mirror. Something that reflects our every deed. It is our conscience, pricking us when

The Child In You “A grownup is a child with layers on…”                                          - Woody Harrelson   We all adore children, don’t we? We marvel at their curiosity, their innocence, and their blissful oblivion to worldly matters. We try to protect them from the ‘cold and harsh’ world outside, right up to the time we think they may be ready to bear the brunt of it. We wish they could remain children forever, never grow up, and never complicate their lives… Being midway through my teens myself, I do find that I miss my childhood. Yes, for many, fifteen is still being a child, but I’d say fifteen is the new eighteen! Fifteen year-olds today have way too many responsibilities; we have seen way too much of the ‘cold, harsh’ world to remain children anymore. We have increasing competition to deal with, career choices to make early on, establish who our ‘self’ is, and live our childhood in a blink. Most of the time, we just end up wishing we had a little more ti