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#Chapter 06: Taking them for granted Since the day I started going to school, I had one friend, who used to go with me in a common vehicle. We grew up together, laughing, talking , sharing about everyday incidents of school. I always loved his company as he was one of the most silent and simple boys in our batch.  He used to listen to each and every rant of mine and even remembered it to remind me years later about it. Haha! He loves reading a lot. He suggested many different books to read. He was always there, he knew me so much that whenever I used to have a bad day, he just somehow knew it. He would try everything to help me but I wonder why I never let him in to help me. We were still great friends as he always gave me my personal space. But when the time came for me to leave my hometown, it was really hard for him. He never said it but I sensed it as he had many friends but he wasn't very comfortable around everyone. As I had to go to pursue my dreams, there wa...

#Chapter 04: Hope and expectation After any exam, we see two kinds of students - "Hoping for the best" - Student 1 "I am expecting so and so score" - Student 2 Hope and expectation , how often do we sit back and ponder over the difference between the two words? It is where my next lesson come from - I have learnt to expect something rather than merely, hoping for it. Well what difference does that make? When we hope, we just desire. The person hoping for something is simply wishing, in the absence of any efforts from his end. But when we expect, we strongly believe. The person expecting something is optimistic about the efforts he had put in. The way to lead a goal oriented life is to have an effort oriented approach. The very fact between choosing to hope or to expect, is efforts. Where hope is just a mirage created by thoughts, expectation is a belief formed by the efforts made. When we choose to expect, we naturally feel the rush in our v...