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If we want to develop our confidence, we should not run away from challenges. We should realise that challenges or difficulties come to us to teach us something. In fact difficulties are the real tests of human life. When a storm comes up, small pebbles and leaves get blown away by the wind. However in the face of a tall cliff, the storm itself has to change direction. If we make ourselves strong the storm automatically blows over us and passes away.
Utilise time wisely:
If we endeavour to utilize time wisely, then we will surely benefit from this endeavour. It is not so important to assess the right time" or “ seize the moment" as it is to decide that you are going to use your time to the maximum potential starting NOW. When you have decided this, then when you start your work, put your whole heart and soul into it. Then you will get a chance to act at the right moment and experience the benefits of time.
Whoever understands how to assess and manage his time has the key to living life.
Never trust time. It waits for no one, and neither does it give you the results that you expect or want. In fact the time, or trends prevailing at a particular time, try to mould us in a particular way. Sometimes the qualities that we possess are not suitable for a particular time, and life passes us by. However we should try our best to utilize our time to the best of our ability and get the maximum benefits from it. This, in my view, is the correct understanding of time.
Keep away from vices:
Today's generation is habituated to taking alcohol, smoking drugs and other narcotics.
These substances are destructive. They weaken us and make us prone to disease. Finally these substances become such an addiction we
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