What makes you different?

Don’t go to the gym because it’s a fitness fad.

Neither I’m Tesla, who got poor grades in school, nor I’ve grown to invent electric current that powers many electronic devices today. Nor I’m an entrepreneur who is the idea behind the Tesla cars.

Consider a rat who never came out of the hole fearing for his life. He stayed in the dark for years and died one day, unbeknownst.

Gun owners, imagine if an attacker comes to your home and takes your gun to use against you before you had the chance to pick it up. Would you regret owning a gun?

Without experiments, is life worth it.

I am an ordinary human being with the same body structure as you who are reading, you and I have the same material of what our bodies and brains are made up of.

I know being a writer is no different. But my journey is different. Its unique to me.

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Anxious to get a job, I chose to do what was socially recommended for me. So, I tried. Being a govt. servant. Failed. A Research Scholar. Didn’t make it. A Professor. Guess what?

Tried everything. A well-paying corporate job, govt. exams. Nothing provided me with security. I didn’t have time to myself. Hustling was my name. Didn’t go to parties, travel or anything. Didn’t talk to friends.

Not because people show it off and you have to follow the lead.

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Honestly, there’s nothing that makes ‘me’ different.

Being different is being okay with failure, so you know what the dessert of a win tastes like.

Otherwise, thank you for reading. It was fun writing to you all. Hope it helped you in more ways than one.

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Everything has shaped me. Friends who gave me their pens and journals. Best friends I never made. Crush that made me write poems while he didn’t care. Romances I’ve missed. Opportunity to become an editor or a news correspondent I missed. I think all this has made me the writer I am.

You know how all of this enlightenment came to me.

To take out these experiments, accept the asymmetry of your emotions, your eccentricities, aspirations and thoughts for what they actually are. Instead of filtering it through the social system, recognize the difference and apply it in your life.

My wife has a bunch of really attractive friends, and she expects me to never say anything to her about how beautiful they are. Does this seem fair? I love my wife, and just commenting shouldn’t hurt anything, right?

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." - Oscar Wilde

Take my word. You won’t regret it.

Agree?

Why are terrible, boring art pieces done by famous people worth so much while beautiful pieces done by amateurs are worthless?

I have always wanted to write things. Wrote poetry during my grad and reluctantly left it for preparation of a govt. exam because who’s got extra time for it.

What if he’d come outside?

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” - Lao Tzu

How do you know how physically attractive you actually are?

What makes you YOU.

Being different is being a mess, yet being okay with it.

Even if that means disappointing your parents and teachers for some time, but believe you’ll eventually make them feel proud.

Is there a stereotype that South Indians are physically strong and muscular compared to other regions of India?

So, keep on experimenting.

Don’t get a partner because you’re jealous of your friends.

Not ignoring emotions because they can be destructive. Not underestimating your aspirations because society calls them second-rate.

What shouldn't you Google?

A govt. job could do it for me. Plus Money, plus security, plus prestige.

C’mon, it’s an opportunity to break the rules, stand out and become ONE of a kind.

Until the day I choose to listen to myself. I let my subconscious go wherever it wanted me to go. It was not just in dreams I wanted to live, but in real life. Not allowing others to cloud my personality, my ability, my inclination towards philosophy, knack to motivate others, and my indifference towards others’ opinions.

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Yes, I was not at all happy.

He would have experienced the miracle called light. Maybe he got better food to eat. Then he got wounded. Then in search of balm, he travaled to the wilderness and found a party of rats, eaten to its heart’s content and danced the night out.

Can you make it?

Are there any political parties or groups that have a mix of conservative and liberal beliefs? Why are they not as prominent in the media?

I experimented. A lot. And now I know I don't need more trials of this kind. I’m writing this today at just the right place from the comfort of my home while it rains outside. While a cold breeze rings music to my senses.

All of it would have been different, and this life would mean something, at least for him.

Being different is being a weirdo. And being okay about it.

Why is Canada letting too many Indians in Canada?

"Life is a journey, not a destination. Enjoy the ride." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

P.S. What’s your idea of being different? Do you have a different point of view?

Experiences: What has happened to me? Have I led a normal life with two parents and two siblings? Yes. Breakups I’ve had. Friends I’ve made. School I have attended. Guides I’ve met. Places I’ve been.

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Become different not according to the world, but according to what you like and what you don’t.

If you’ve read this far, let me tell you one more thing.

Don’t choose to be an engineer just because it pays well.

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Do anything and everything because you like it. You love it. Do the things that make you go crazy. Things you’d barter your breath for. Things that make your life a rainbow.

Indeed, a number of other factors contribute to your uniqueness, but that’s for you to introspect.

Experiments: My life has been a group of experiments that failed to take off until I resorted to writing.

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I always yearned to go for government jobs because I had a few relatives already into it and doing well with money and security. And here is me, with an arts background, uncertain about what to choose.

So, what actually makes us all different?

Long story short, here I am. Being a writer. Doing things I’d always love to do. Sharing my experiences of what I learnt.

Don’t drink because everybody does today.

You can be fearful and still use it to tame your weaknesses and build your emotional strength.