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One Thing That Changed My Life

  • Date Submitted: 03/15/2015 10:06 AM
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The Great Greek philosopher Socrates said -“Know Thyself”. According to Socrates one could not know anything without knowing oneself. This may be an old greek aphorism ,but its relevance is eternal. In a sense, we are what we are because we don’t know who we are. However life’s book is hard to understand. Its like the eyelashes, they are so close to you that you can’t see them. But there is one way of seeing them, by looking in the mirror.
Similarly in order to know oneself we need to sit down in a quiet corner, in solitude, mentally place a mirror before our self. A little bit of introspection like this, done time and again, can lead us a long way on the road to self discovery. Although I have just started my journey of self discovery, probably with my own colored glasses, this is my effort to share my journey so forth with you.
As per the UN Report India has the largest youth population of 356 million ,10-24 year olds. In this mammoth population, it is not unusual to meet a youngster like me, in late teens, still confused about my career choice, my love choices. Unsure about my dreams and as to what I want from life.
I read in biology that every individual possesses their own unique DNA sequence or genes, like fingerprints. This   give them a unique identity. However apart from my biological uniqueness in this teeming population there are people around me –my family and friends –who think I am very special. So for reasons still unknown to me these people around me remind me that I am a special person not only because I have a unique set of genes. My mother tells me “the best thing about you is you”.
Today I want to share a small experience which might not be big for someone but is a big one for me, I had my internship break in the month of   November and as this was the first project of the new college being completely cluessless about it and being a beginner in the field of law   I chose Jaipur to do my internship as it is my hometown which was my main concern...

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