After an eye-opening 2014, you can close your eyes and welcome 2015.

I, for a start, can not even fathom my disbelief and shock at the realization of tomorrow being New Years Eve! (today, in some countries.)

But all jokes aside, it's unbelievable that we're already saying goodbye to the most eye-opening, effulgent, heuristic, challenging, emotional, completely eventful and without a doubt, unforgettable year ever, and I'm sure quite a number of people will have to agree.

2014 was never short of surprises. Sure, a lot of 'bad' things did happen, but more good took place.
Let's have a look back on our dear 2k14 and try to focus as much as possible on the good.

The year began on a more peaceful note than previous years.
Countries vote on constitutions that give women their complete rights, faith in humanity is restored time after time, conflicts are solved.
A rare blue diamond is found in Africa, this year's Oscars has become one of the most memorable ones, the oldest Roman temple ever discovered was uncovered by archaeologists, and scientists successfully found a way to transform normal cells to stem cells.

But some of the most talked about events included the passing away of beloved Robin Williams, the outbreak of Ebola, Brazil loses the World Cup to Germany, the biggest margin of victory in FIFA semi-final history, two Malaysian flights go missing, but are eventually found, and another Air Asia flight goes missing a few days ago, but no news of it are heard yet. Kim Kardashian finally gets married to Kanye West, Scotland votes to remain as part of the UK, Joan Rivers also passes away, Cristiano Ronaldo wins the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Malala wins the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 17 and is the youngest ever recipient of the prize, al-Sisi is voted president of Egypt, the first ever video to reach 2 billion views on YouTube is 'Gangnam style' and that's another broken record. Luis Suarez is expelled from the World Cup after his biting incident, the HeForShe campaign is launched, and over 5 football world records are broken.

Quite eventful.

So much happened this year, it's just crazy, especially personally. I started this blog, had a whole new life, a new school, new friends and new places visited, I met so many new people, and quite a lot has changed. I went into 2014 not suspecting a single change or expecting anything unusual, but in a blink of an eye my whole life turned around. Who would have seen it coming? Definitely not me.

However, 2014 taught me some really valuable life lessons. The world is huge, yet small in a way. You'll met hundreds of thousands of people, and if you get affected by every person you meet and allow them to put you down, you'll never go anywhere other than your bed with an ocean of tears. I learned that sometimes its okay to let go, its okay to be a little bit heartless, but its never okay to see a chance to do good and not take it. I most importantly learned that it is impossible to please everyone. This year, I've lost so many people to death, but I also learned that I should find the positivity in the situation, and every other situation because there's nothing more pleasant than a happy person, and a ton of other lessons.
Life is not fair but you can always make it wonderful the way you perceive it.


For everyone we've lost in this year, for every wasted second and for every frown, we shall make up for it in 2015.
And for every friend we gained, every cherished moment and for the happiest of smiles, we give three cheers.


But as all good things come to an end, so will 2014.
And for now, I can thank it for every lesson, memory, smile, and friend, breath a sigh of relief, close my eyes and welcome 2015.
Let's hope it's even better than the current one.

 

Happy New Year's Eve, readers!

see you next year xxx

 

Failure = Motivation

Failure:

Failure is defined as a lack of success in normal English dictionaries.

But not in mine.

In my dictionary, the word 'lack' is replaced by 'ladder'.

Failure is a ladder to success.

I mean let's look at it this way.

If you really want something, a test result or a grade won't matter to you. If you really want something, you'd go after it till you get it, no matter what odds stand in the way, because failure only makes you better and tougher at what you're doing.

Failure is like a test to see how much you want a thing

And to be quite frank, e v e r y o n e  has failed in something atleast once!

Whether it's famous people like; Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Henry Ford, Isaac Newton, Thomas Edison, Abraham  Lincoln, Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe, J. K. Rowling, Mozart, The Beatles, Beethoven, Michael Jordan, and hundreds others that failed year after year, before becoming who they are, to people like me and you. We all failed sometime, someday in something.

If these people had given up from the first, third or fifth time, we would not have had any apple products (not apple pies, apple iphones xD ), no Disney Channel, no Internet Explorer, no lightbulb (thankyou Thomas Edison), no Harry Potter, no wonderful piano and violin music, no The Beatles or even silent comedy.

Failure meant nothing to them, it only meant "how about you try harder/differently this time?" and if you give up as well, who knows, maybe we won't have a banana YouPhone or a new famous channel.

So If you've failed once, try again.  Fail again? Try again even harder!

Try try try, till you succeed, things always have a way of working out.

Failure should motivate you, sharpen you, make you better and teach you a lesson - just like mistakes- not put you down and destroy your hopes of the future.

Better things are just round the corner.

Maybe failure isn't such a bad thing if you look at it from that perspective.

Just as you won't let your past determine your future, 

Do not let failures determine your success.

(Dedicated to all those that will receive their exam results this week. Goodluck.)