You are your own friend, even before you become someone else's. Always keep that in mind. The reason? The reason being is that people come and go, but you, you stay with yourself till the end. Till the last moment. There's this famous Hindi song - 'Aadmi Musafir Hai' sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi and from that very song, I would quote some lines. "Aadmi musafir hai, aata hai jaata hai. Aate jaate raste pe, yaadein chor jaata hai." Meaning - Man is a wanderer, a traveler. He comes in and goes out of our life, and in these journeys, he leaves behind only memories, with which we have to live. The important point is, that we make others much more important to us than we are to ourselves. And I guess, that's where we are going wrong. Our tendency to love and respect others more than our own selves, makes us doubt our worth and value. True, it is said, that we have to stay with people who make us feel valued, but we need to value our...
Yes Darlings, you read it right ! You have to stand up for yourself, because no one will. Not your family, not your friends, not even those who promised to have your back always. You are the only one who has your back. No matter what happens in your life or whatever situations you face, learn to support yourself by not depending on anyone else for anything. In our lives, we come across many situations where we are alone, with no one to turn to. Well, that is the time we have to be strong. Others will not support you , even if you are right. Here, we can take the example of women standing up for themselves. Many women, including young girls, have been abused and molested, but how many of them received support from their own kith and kin? Those victims were shamed even more and disowned. Very few had their loved ones standing up with them, for them. And why is that others are not even bothered about those women? Because they fear the society, as most of the people blame women ...