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                            HOW TO DEAL WITH YOUR

                                        NEGATIVE SELF?


                                                      By Vidushi sahi



                                                               “A man’ own self is his friend. His own
                                                              self is his foe.”  -Bhagwat Geeta
                                                                 that’s  what  parents  demand  from
                                                                 their  children.  However  we  are  not
                                                                 taught  to  be  the  best  version  of
                                                                 ourselves. And as a result, we tie off
                                                                 our  laces  to  be  a  participant  of  this
                                                                 race. We people are told to secure our
                                                                 future, however we are not taught to
                                                                 build our character and work for our
                                                                 present. Aren’t we leading our lives in
                                                                 scope     for    future?   A     simple
                    All  and  sundry  in  this  world  are
                                                                 question…When  we  have  fixed  our
                    somewhat  running  gallop in  the  race      whole life for future, how can we be
                    course of life for victory and success.
                                                                 happy in our present?
                    However,  what  is  the  definition  of
                    victory and success for us? A person         As a result of all the aforementioned
                                                                 efforts  that  all of  our  lives are  made
                    who  acquires  a  house,  a  car  and  is
                    well settled. From cradle to grave, we       of, arises dissatisfaction, enviousness,
                    are taught to work hard as to achieve        over  thinking,  selfishness  and  a  lot
                                                                 more things.
                    all the aforementioned stuff. Plethora
                    of  such  things  has  been  taught  to  a    In  a  nutshell,  a  comfortable  doesn’t
                    person since his childhood. If we ask        mean a happy life”.
                    those  people  who  have  reached  this      Today’s  life  of  hustle  and  bustle  has
                    “so called success” , “Are they happy        lead us into a world of throng where
                    after  acquiring  it?”.  Their  answer  is   we  have  made  host  of  friends
                    NO.  Even  they  say  that  the  days  of    however  we  have  reached  a  place
                    struggle and childhood are the days of       where we are far away from our own
                    happiness for them.                          family members. Whole life gets spent

                    We people are taught that the key to         without getting aware of our own self.
                    success  is  to  study.  However  we  are    The  noise  of  the  world  is  that  loud
                    not  taught  how  to  study.  We  are        that  we  don’t  get  to  hear  and
                    taught that we have to reach success,        experience  our  own  self  what  we
                    however  we  are  not  taught  to  enjoy     actually want…..
                    and  celebrate  your  struggle.  We  are
                    told to be the best amongst everyone,




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