Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '07...
wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be IT.
The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.
I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
Never mind.
You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
You are NOT as fat as you imagine.
Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts,
don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.
The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life.
The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't, maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary.
Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's.
Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Dance.
Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New Delhi once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Gurgaon once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen.
Signed Rajat Khanna
Monday, January 7, 2008
About this blog
I, Ms Dharitri Priyadarshini, have created this blog for my sole Shweet Chocolaty, Wonderfully gifted, very Dashing & Flamboyant, Sexy, Sweeeeetheart so as to say the Sweetest essence of my heart.. My very beloved Friend Rajat Khanna, who would never mind confessing in the public about how lazy had he been at the blogging stuffs and never intended to work at any either !
As each day I meet him evertime I am so captivated in the chrams of his beautifully crafted thoughts ! And since I, another lazy fella who would never mind spending her entire lazy life near the PC working at the blogs rather consider 'em a bliss, have so many lazy hours and have not an eye for anything else to do and since I am the blessed free bird hence I have willingly taken the decision of working at the twin blogs !
One other that is of my own- www.creativmnd.blogspot.com
Behold, there is no such great urgency of cheking this blog right now ! You can have 'em later ! You have the link at the favourites lists too ! As such You may find this blog worth than mine ! :P Aah Such are the aura of my charming connoisseur !
To begin with, my beautiful connoisseur met me at the frends community of Orkut ! And even today I still often am lost wondering over the things that might have gotten into his intricatly delicate thoughts to have choosen a foolish shabby frend .. one as me ! Being amidst his very intellectual frends group, for me is a great blessing !
"Dear Rajat, Thank You for letting me in, to your Beautiful Life.. for allowing me to know the fragrated self of yours, for letting me touch thy pain and Love, your sweetness and thanks for permitting me to share them"
The more I try to sketch this beautiful friend of mine in my own words I am running short of phrases. Reading accross the many upcoming posts and may you judge for your own selves ! The posts herein shall be the words and feel of my connoisseur, though occasionally I shall be posting a note or two ! But for the most part of it, the treasured works of this wonderful friend of mine shall reign the blogspot for him is the blog all about !
"My dearest Rajat, I dedicate this blog to You ! I do know how would you like to rate this blog, but I know you would appreciate my little hardwork amidst all laziness ! Lack of much technical knowledge in the web field, I fail to provide you an independent best of its kind blog ! But this is all my humble little effrt can offer you ! Hope You like it too !"
@readers-
Cheers and Endure your reading !
Love
As each day I meet him evertime I am so captivated in the chrams of his beautifully crafted thoughts ! And since I, another lazy fella who would never mind spending her entire lazy life near the PC working at the blogs rather consider 'em a bliss, have so many lazy hours and have not an eye for anything else to do and since I am the blessed free bird hence I have willingly taken the decision of working at the twin blogs !
One other that is of my own- www.creativmnd.blogspot.com
Behold, there is no such great urgency of cheking this blog right now ! You can have 'em later ! You have the link at the favourites lists too ! As such You may find this blog worth than mine ! :P Aah Such are the aura of my charming connoisseur !
To begin with, my beautiful connoisseur met me at the frends community of Orkut ! And even today I still often am lost wondering over the things that might have gotten into his intricatly delicate thoughts to have choosen a foolish shabby frend .. one as me ! Being amidst his very intellectual frends group, for me is a great blessing !
"Dear Rajat, Thank You for letting me in, to your Beautiful Life.. for allowing me to know the fragrated self of yours, for letting me touch thy pain and Love, your sweetness and thanks for permitting me to share them"
The more I try to sketch this beautiful friend of mine in my own words I am running short of phrases. Reading accross the many upcoming posts and may you judge for your own selves ! The posts herein shall be the words and feel of my connoisseur, though occasionally I shall be posting a note or two ! But for the most part of it, the treasured works of this wonderful friend of mine shall reign the blogspot for him is the blog all about !
"My dearest Rajat, I dedicate this blog to You ! I do know how would you like to rate this blog, but I know you would appreciate my little hardwork amidst all laziness ! Lack of much technical knowledge in the web field, I fail to provide you an independent best of its kind blog ! But this is all my humble little effrt can offer you ! Hope You like it too !"
@readers-
Cheers and Endure your reading !
Love
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