15 THINGS ABOUT LIFE TO ALWAYS REMEMBER

• There is no need to compare yourself with others(there are too many intertwined events unique to only you—something comparison doesn't take into account).

• The fulfilment of destiny lies in the understanding and fulfilment of our day-to-day experiences(it is these experiences that accumulate and make up the tale of our lives).

• You are not your past mistakes—the human heart is too susceptible to change(be it for the better or for the worse) to allow you or others keep you confined within a box of preconceived notions and past errors. There are more days ahead with limitless events that can change your life forever.

• The path to greatness is ladened with obstacles(a good number of them unintentional and from well-meaning people).

• You are guided and guarded by a multitude of counsel, but it is your personal convictions that make you.

• Have the courage to be firm about your values and standards(even those who might hate you for them, will respect your tenacity to stand for what you believe in and know you for it).

• Assumption is the lowest form of knowledge, and sometimes, it is even anti-knowledge(things are not always as they appear—you must learn to "look beyond what you see"). Other times though, things are exactly as they appear. At the end of the day, you must be willing to observe things from both the view point of the eagle soaring through the sky and that of the field mouse scurrying on the ground, to get the full picture.

• There is such a thing as perfect timing,—it suffices to say though that for man, we can only bless each other with high probabilities based on calculations, near misses or a submission to fate and chance—but it takes the omniscience of God to utilise it.

We must also bear it in mind that sometimes perfect timing doesn't look like perfect timing.

• For many of us, the major battle will always be between knowing when to be quiet and still and knowing when to move or speak(And doing just that!).

• You can only be said to have totally failed at something when you give up on it completely(and die afterwards—because alive, there's still a chance of going back to it and succeeding).

• Things said in anger, and actions taken in a rush of passion are almost always regretted.

• Sometimes, we humans prefer to mourn in silence, and other times people want to be held and have soothing words spoken to their souls. But the truth is that no one ever wants to be left totally alone, no matter what they say or do. With that in mind, know that even the grieving individual seemingly annoyed by your unsullied, concerned presence actually takes comfort in it.

• The fear of a thing has brought far more harm and regrets to people than the actual thing itself.

• A soft answer always turns away wrath but is much harder to give than scalding words of righteous rage. Why? Because it is so much easier to let loose and rain down the fiery, molten words burning within our hearts than to hold on to them and allow them be submerged under the cool strength of love and reason, even when we know which choice is better. Pick your choice wisely!

• There are growing mistakes(the 'little' ones we make on the journey of life that prepare us for the greater times ahead), and there are costly mistakes(those that change the course of our journey).... In spite of all these, God is able to restore you and give your life new beauty, just like the Japanese art of fixing broken vases with gold.