Category: Life lessons I learnt from strangers (friends)
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#LESSON 20:THE ART OF LETTING BE..IS CALLED LOVE
”Loving is so simple” uhuh totally !!!!! it is like switching on the tv with your remote I thought..how could this guy…
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#lesson 19 : Forgive and feel the light
One of the worst things I have done to myself is hold grudges against people I could not forget. Being haunted by the ghosts of people who are alive is one of the worst human experiences. I did not realise that hate requires as much energy and time as love.I was not done being angry…
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#Lesson 18 :Restore your faith in humanity with the help of small things
”If I die,you can have my earphones.”she said,followed by a long sigh and rolling of her eyes. My 18 years old Baby faced black roommate ”gets” all my jokes and yet thinks she is insignificant.Highly Insignificant. I think the only two things she actually fails at is realising how helpful she is and how comfortable…
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#Lesson 17 : Don’t talk about things you have not done
‘‘What are you doing writing man? You are a business student! Focus on your studies first!” ” Excuse me?I am finishing a 4 years course in 3.5 years I think I have taken my course pretty seriously..’‘ ”You don’t write outstandingly anyways…its a waste of time trust me it’s just writing come on anyone can…
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#Lesson 16 :Nobody knows what they are doing..so calm down
‘I dont know what I am doing with my life man…I have an exam today but then instead of being all prepared I sit and write,I google Bukwoski and I don’t even have a plan for summer…look at everyone! They seem so settled and so ‘Perfect’ and I am here…not even weight under control…not even…
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#lesson number 15:Learn the art of un-learning
If I lived by all the things I learnt I would probably be stored in a box or be a fake smile in someone else’s wall. I would probably not feel the pleasure of being loved and try to build my home in the ‘Likes’ I got. I would probably go to places not to…
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#Lesson 14:Being lost is the best way to find yourself.
I keep losing myself in the process of building myself.I am not sure if this is what most people feel but I believe I am amongst the average not because it is safer there but because I know I do not have much to stand out of the average curve .I am average in most…
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#lesson 13 :Humans are not as worthy as words.
‘‘I would trade my life for your prayers to be answered Rae.”he kisses the collar of his shirt and I have no idea what is going on. Both of us are sober but he seems to have lost his mind. ”I never thought I would say this but I am in love with you,I don’t…
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#Lesson 12 : Destiny is for losers (and so is Fortune Telling)
Let me tell you one thing that is going to happen in your future for SURE (if this does not happen may my dream of publishing a book never come true.) The one thing you are going to be in the future is…DEAD. I know people do not like the whole Idea of dying and…
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#Lesson 11:God is too big to fit into one religion
The second page of the book I was reading based on how to be a writer said that to be a writer you should never write about Sex,Politics and Religion.That was the last page I read of that book .I told myself that all I need to write to be a writer is to write…