THE BEST TEACHER



We all must have had that one teacher in our life whom we considered the best. They were our Friends, Philosophers & Guides. Only some of us know that all of us have that one best teacher who is common to us all - LIFE.

Yes, Life is our best teacher. All our school & college Teachers (& Professors) give us the lessons for life, but the way to lead & sustain it - is taught by LIFE itself.
The basic funda of life is that if you are happy with others then you have ignored their million faults and if everyone is happy with you, then you've made many compromises
Now why does this happen? Why do we need to make compromises to make others happy? can't we just be US ? The simple answer to that is - To avoid loneliness in life... Yes, that's true! Today all of us have become so social that the long and forever moments of loneliness would eat us up.. A life without friends.. A life without very few people around you (even they are quite far from you, geographically) .. would be quite difficult to lead. 
A person with all his feelings buried within him & no one to share them -- is quite difficult to imagine .. forget about experiencing it... Now this is the situation I'm talking about, for which 'compromises' are made.


Now as it is said " There are no free lunches in this world, Similarly this act of making others happy also comes with a price and that is SUCCESS. In order to make others happy people deviate from their goals. Its not that successful people don't have a social life... its about how people are not able to strike a balance. Obviously, Those who are successful will have a lot of people around them ... and you know why?
Now coming back to the deviation from goals. This deviation if not realised well on time shall result in a great failure. And here is the role of our best teacher - It taught that a good balance is necessary for a successful life and once this lesson is learnt, everything starts getting back on track..

LIFE also guides us about many other things, its just that we need to catch the hints on time and make necessary correction. Some of these things can be - The career choice or the choice of friends or any other choice that you make. At each point of this class of LIFE, your 'teacher' is always there to make you learn the valuable lessons.
Its not that Life will make you go through all the odds. It might just happen that you come across someone whose past experiences may be a guiding light for you. As it is said. " People who learn from their experiences are wise but people who learn from other's experiences are wiser"


Life is a roller-coaster ride. Enjoy & Learn from it and make the best out of it. You never know when your BEST TEACHER endows you with the best & makes you not just wiser but wisest... 

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