1. All the names you give yourself are just labels. You arent defined by them.

What defines you is your heart.

2. Being brave means being shit scared all the way to the party but getting
there and doing the 'Funky Chicken' in front of all your teenage kid's friends
anyway. Don't let your fears become boxes that enclose you. Open them out,
feel them and turn them into the greatest courage you are capable of. I
promise you, nothing will go wrong. But if you live by your fears, everything
that can possibly go wrong will go wrong and you won't even have done the
'Funky Chicken'.
3. It's OK to be confused. Confusion is the route to all the clarity in the world.
4. If you can't find a resolution easily, don't panic. Even disaster eventually
dissolves. You don't have to figure things out.
5. Stop whining and start moving. Don't attach yourself to sadness or
happiness. Laugh at yourself. Shed a tear or two.
6. There's no such thing as 'normal'. That's just another word for lifeless.
Madness (of the particularly nice/romantic kind) is an absolute prerequisite to
a happy and successful life. Don't ever treat your little insanities as if they
are aberrations that ought to be hidden from the rest of the world. All the
most beautiful people in the world, the most creative, the ones who led
revolutions, who discovered and invented things, did so because they
embraced their own idiosyncrasies.
7. Don't become a philosopher before you become rich.
8. Art is more important than the artist - have no attachment to your own art
- it's regressive, move on.
. Study hard. Work hard. Play harder. Don't be bound by rules, don't hurt
anybody and never ever live somebody else's dream.
10. Live now, live today--don't be bound by rules, live your own dream.
11. Hindi filmon ki tarah life mein bhi, anth mein sab kuch theek ho jaata hai.
Aur agar na ho, toh woh anth nahi hai...picture abhi baaki hai mere doston.

12. If you aren't charged up about doing something, if you don't have what
in Hindi we call the "Josh", the fire in your belly for it, then don't do it.
13. If you ever find yourself cheated of all your money and sleeping on a
grave, do not fear, a miracle is near, either that or a ghost. In other words,
no matter how bad it gets, life IS the miracle you are searching for. There is
no other one around the corner. Develop the faith in it to let it take its own
course, make all the effort you can to abide by its beauty and it will not let
you down. Use every resource you have been given, your mental faculties,
the ability of your heart to love and feel for those around you, your health
and good fortune: all of the thousands of gifts life has given you to their
maximum potential. Honour your life. Honour each gift and each moment by
not laying it to waste. There is no real measure of success in this world
except the ability to make good of lifes endowments to you.

14. Dont let your fears become boxes that enclose you. Open them out, feel
them and turn them into the greatest courage you are capable of. I promise
you, nothing will go wrong.
15. All the planning in the world, wont take you where you want to get to.
Its fine not to know what you want to be twenty years from now. Most of
those who had it all figured out became bankers anyway.
16. Our values are our values, they dont make us any better than anyone
else, at best they make us different. Always try to see the other persons
truth because like every movie has a story, every human being has one too
and you have no right to imagine that yours is better than anyone elses.
17. Give of yourself to others. And while youre at it, make sure you realise
that you arent doing anyone any favours by being kind. Its all just to make
you feel that sneaky little twinge that comes from being utterly pleased with
yourself.
18. An act of goodness becomes worthless when you assign a brownie point
to yourself for it, no matter how subtly you allow yourself to do so.
Regardless of how rich, successful and famous you become, dont ever
underestimate the grace that other people bestow upon you just by being
the recipients of your kindnesses. You might be able to buy your friend a

Rolls for his/her birthday but its no substitute for a patient hearing of your
sulky rants on a bad hair day.
19. Dont forget where you came from and who you really are. It ought to be
the compass by which you navigate through lifes vicissitudes. The North
that keeps you oriented despite a series of misfortunes or a shower of
privilege.
20. Embrace all that this life has in store for you, let your heart be as deep
as the deepest ocean and as wide as the farthest horizon. Know that it is
limitless. Love is not an excuse to grab or to hold or to own or to barter. It is
the only excuse you will ever have to call yourself special. And if someone
you love lets you down, dont fault yourself for not trusting him, fault
yourself for not trusting your love enough to forgive his/her trespasses.