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MS DHONI : THE MAN, THE LEGEND

Cricket is the most celebrated sports in India and M.S. Dhoni is arguably the most loved and admired sportsperson across the country. Its hard to believe or recall any other sportsperson receiving the amount of love and affection this man has received over the years. What is it that separates him from some of the greats of this game and what has he done to connect to a billion hearts across this country and beyond borders. The simple answer would be his humble approach towards life and the way he has carried his stardom and fanfare, which led people to believe that they own a part of him and that some part of MS Dhoni resides in them. However, its much more than that, its some of the most life defining lessons that this man has given us over the years and we all aspire to take some or all of it in our lives.   Coming from a humble background, MS Dhoni always understood the values and virtues of being grounded. The first and the most important life lesson that this man gives us is to be
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Adult Bullying

Bullying is a process of emotionally, mentally and psychologically tormenting and destroying the self worth of the target or the victim to induce a sense of superiority and control over the victim, giving the bully a futile sense of ego boost and self esteem. Such people are control freaks who do not value relationships and can destroy them in a fit of rage. They have no morality or self righteousness and are often a subject for negativity and foulplay. Normally, such people end up being ostracized from the society. Having said that in most cases, since having a futile sense of ego, they are extremely image conscious and would ensure that their fake sense of pride and self esteem is intact in whatever way possible.   You can be a subject to bullying as an adult almost everywhere of your life including your workplace, your marriage or other relationships that you share with people in your life. Being a victim of bullying is one of the most hard-hitting yet an invisible and unaddressed f
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Relationships

Relationships are our connection with people based on the vagaries of emotions that we share with that particular person. They can be as fickle or as strong as we want them to be, basis the amount of care, love, energy and understanding we invest into it. Our relationship with every other human being revolves around our own expectations and needs out of that particular relation, rather than anything else. No relation is perfect, neither is any human being, it is our acceptance, acknowledgement and understanding that helps nurture and develop a relation. The moment we get into a relationship with pre-determined and pre-fixed thoughts out of that particular relation, we do the biggest dis-service by ensuring that, that particular relation will never be able to blossom, as we do not leave any leeway of thought and any leeway of compromise required to understand and articulate that relation, to truly develop and nurture it into a resplendent one.   Relationships are not constant. They chan
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Fear Nothing

Fear is a state of mind that originates from your own insecurities developed and nurtured in a mind that is fragile enough to be tormented and ostracized by illusions that are created by your own vindictive mind and not the reality. Our mind and our soul are two aspects of our physical and mental existence and it is extremely important that they co-exist in a harmony that cannot be disturbed or threatened by an external source. Fear is our response to an external source that wants us to be fragile and weak for an outcome that never would really exist, until we allow it to be. The way we respond to problems, or a situation presumed to be a threat, is what really determines the outcome. Our integrity and our morality must determine and reinforce the fact that any situation in life is not strong enough to shake or distress our soul and our mind, however agonizing the prospect of the situation might appear to be in the first place. The mastery of your own mind and ultimately your sou
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Self Love

Our life revolves around the basic principles of love and compassion. We are a social human being and perceive and project our dreams and aspirations through the lenses of the people around us and the society.  Somehow during this process of evolution, we inadvertently forget self love. Self love is an extremely vital aspect of one’s existence as it is important to realise that it is your desires, your expectations from life, the reasons for your longevity in life that should define and shape up the life that you want to lead and not based on someone else’s or the society’s whims and fancies. Self love helps you to give direction to your life and the things that you aspire for as an individual. It also gives birth to an extremely important and a residual part of human existence that is Self Esteem. Our self esteem determines how much can we give or take as an individual pertaining to different situations and different aspects of life. Self esteem however must not overshadow or
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Old Age Homes & Parents

It takes 9 months of utmost care, pain, love, emotions and above all immense mental and physical sacrifice to bring you into this world by your parents. It takes another 2 years of sacrifice and patience to help you stand and observe the world around you. Yet another 10 years of grinding love and care to help you walk, talk and make you more self-sufficient to be able to understand and acknowledge things on your own. As you get into the adolescence stage a mother and a father gives their heart and soul in your upbringing, not just emotionally but also financially. And finally as you enter the psychological and culturally defined stages of Adulthood, parents stand behind you as your guiding force, ensuring that you achieve the best that is possible. Parent’s contribution in a child’s life is unquantifiable. The struggle and the sacrifice that they go through in making you who you are, is a testimony to the fact that they are next to GODS if not more for all of us. Then comes a sta
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An Ode to my Grandmother

I am a part of you. My thoughts have been shaped by the principles you imbibed in me. I am kindest to the weak and toughest to the punk. Honesty is something that governs my actions, you haven’t taught me to fudge relations, I value people who are straightforward and modest and haven’t learnt to stand double faceted people. I feel blessed to have learnt the values of simplicity and patience. My struggle would not have been sweeter, but for your support. My maturity stems from your steadying touch, my compassion towards life and mankind is a prelude to you. People love me for the person you have made out of me, people adore me for the values you taught me, people look up to me finding a part in me of you. You have taught me to pray, you have taught me to help, you have taught me to be the best I can and yet be the modest of all. I have learnt to stand tall against fear, I have learnt to fight till my last breath. My life that I have seen and yet to see, will be a testament to you. But
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