With youth being a big future of India, it is perhaps time to reflect on what values, beliefs and attitudes we should be inculcating in our children today. It is a more aware and interconnected world that we live in, up to the villages. This has raised the aspirations of many, as also provided new opportunities. A majority of girls and women, across society, are now involved and engaged outside of their homes. There is change in the air…
So what should be life’s commandments for our children?
- Read & Write forever…the pen is mighty and right.
- Study hard, yet smart…and yes, Jacks & Jills, play also.
- Nurture a hobby and pick up new skills…it’s never too late to learn.
- English is our language now…learn it here, and go teach the English.
- Know when to switch off from cyber space…to your space.
- Stop surfing just the surface; it’s time for ‘Data In Knowledge Out’ - DIKO In GIGO Out.
- Be open to, and engage with, diversity – of people and of Nature. Start with fellow Indians; go check out Bharat next holidays. Sure, it won’t be a cruise….but everywhere is home.
- Celebrate all Festivals; celebrate the Outdoors.
- Practice your religion in the silence of your heart…for that is where God dwells.
- Boys & men, learn to treat girls & women as equals, in your hearts and minds; if your Mom and Sis are different and the best, so are the others’.
- True friends are as thick as family.
- Beauty is not skin deep…it goes all the way to the heart.
- Love will surely strike once…and you may even be bestowed 3 strikes; always be ready for the home run.
- Parents, especially when they are old, are never a burden.
- Your career…including your luck…is in your hands.
- Aspire and desire as much as you want…
don’t grab.
- Money does make you happy…for more than a while….till you look elsewhere.
- You don’t have to keep up with the Joneses…let the Kumars keep trying.
- Every man or woman does have a price...till you meet the invaluable.
- Jo dikhta hai woh bikta hoga…tumhen naheen bikna hai, my dears.
- Do care for the downtrodden, with your heart as much as your wallet. Apne liye jiye to kya jiye.
- Don’t waste food…resources are drying up, and many still go hungry.
- Be honest…let your heart beat as it should.
- You can be content with substance; that ‘s your style.
- Always mean what you say…don’t play politics.
- Fight not to settle scores, but to right the wrongs.
- You will make more than 3 mistakes in your life. To err is human; to err not again, is divine. Take responsibility for your actions...especially the mistakes.
- But…don’t be in a hurry to grow up !
See - don’t just look at - your eyes in the mirror, sometimes…and meet their gaze.
'This above all – to thine own self be true
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man'
Shakespeare
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