Advice to self: 'Always count your blessings'

We'd asked you, dear readers, to write a message to your 15-year-old self.
Rediff reader Balwant S Chandel, principal scientist (Agricultural Economics) and Commonwealth Fellow from Haryana shares his advice:

• READER'S SPECIAL: Letters to 15-year-old self

My dear 15 year old self,

You are not old enough to understand the puzzle box of life.

This is the time when you are embodied with lot of good qualities like honesty, sincerity and respect to others. But there is no reciprocal linearity for these qualities in life.

What is great is that you have these qualities which will yield lot of peace, satisfaction, sound sleep and, above all, self respect to you in life.

Being an intellectual may or may not pay you, but hard work always will.

Know your inner strengths and harp upon them. At the same time, think out of the box, subject yourself to criticism and question yourself.

Always count your and only your blessings.

Use your mistakes to learn and improve upon them. There is no one who did not make a mistake.

In distress, do not wait for support, but rise. The support will automatically come to you.

Remember you have to do best of your capacity and not to excel.

Last but not the least, never get disheartened. Every night has a dawn.

READER INVITE

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To love more? To let go?

To learn from your mistakes or deal with failures better?

What's the one message/advice you'd like to share with your younger self?

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