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What makes you different?

Last Updated: 20.06.2025 08:37

What makes you different?

He would have experienced the miracle called light. Maybe he got better food to eat. Then he got wounded. Then in search of balm, he travaled to the wilderness and found a party of rats, eaten to its heart’s content and danced the night out.

Even if that means disappointing your parents and teachers for some time, but believe you’ll eventually make them feel proud.

I am an ordinary human being with the same body structure as you who are reading, you and I have the same material of what our bodies and brains are made up of.

Why did Donald Trump look so old during the debate?

Without experiments, is life worth it.

What makes you YOU.

Being different is being okay with failure, so you know what the dessert of a win tastes like.

I am 11 years old and I think I am going through puberty. Why do my nipples hurt when I touch them? Is it normal?

Long story short, here I am. Being a writer. Doing things I’d always love to do. Sharing my experiences of what I learnt.

Tried everything. A well-paying corporate job, govt. exams. Nothing provided me with security. I didn’t have time to myself. Hustling was my name. Didn’t go to parties, travel or anything. Didn’t talk to friends.

I always yearned to go for government jobs because I had a few relatives already into it and doing well with money and security. And here is me, with an arts background, uncertain about what to choose.

What should I do to stop being angered easily?

Being different is being a mess, yet being okay with it.

What if he’d come outside?

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." - Oscar Wilde

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I have always wanted to write things. Wrote poetry during my grad and reluctantly left it for preparation of a govt. exam because who’s got extra time for it.

Anxious to get a job, I chose to do what was socially recommended for me. So, I tried. Being a govt. servant. Failed. A Research Scholar. Didn’t make it. A Professor. Guess what?

If you’ve read this far, let me tell you one more thing.

How did the use of cows change in Indian culture over time? Is the value of cattle still important in modern times?

Everything has shaped me. Friends who gave me their pens and journals. Best friends I never made. Crush that made me write poems while he didn’t care. Romances I’ve missed. Opportunity to become an editor or a news correspondent I missed. I think all this has made me the writer I am.

Agree?

So, keep on experimenting.

What should you answer when someone says to you in French, "au plaisir de vous revoir"?

Honestly, there’s nothing that makes ‘me’ different.

Until the day I choose to listen to myself. I let my subconscious go wherever it wanted me to go. It was not just in dreams I wanted to live, but in real life. Not allowing others to cloud my personality, my ability, my inclination towards philosophy, knack to motivate others, and my indifference towards others’ opinions.

You know how all of this enlightenment came to me.

As an atheist don't you really feel fear for committing sins which are not violating national laws?

Don’t choose to be an engineer just because it pays well.

All of it would have been different, and this life would mean something, at least for him.

Not because people show it off and you have to follow the lead.

How can one select funeral songs that truly celebrate the essence of a loved one’s life while providing comfort to attendees?

Experiments: My life has been a group of experiments that failed to take off until I resorted to writing.

Take my word. You won’t regret it.

Otherwise, thank you for reading. It was fun writing to you all. Hope it helped you in more ways than one.

How do military families balance personal political views with respect for civilian leadership?

Don’t get a partner because you’re jealous of your friends.

Yes, I was not at all happy.

C’mon, it’s an opportunity to break the rules, stand out and become ONE of a kind.

What baseball stories from the early days of the sport seem too bizarre to be true?

"Life is a journey, not a destination. Enjoy the ride." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Indeed, a number of other factors contribute to your uniqueness, but that’s for you to introspect.

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” - Lao Tzu

Not ignoring emotions because they can be destructive. Not underestimating your aspirations because society calls them second-rate.

Become different not according to the world, but according to what you like and what you don’t.

Neither I’m Tesla, who got poor grades in school, nor I’ve grown to invent electric current that powers many electronic devices today. Nor I’m an entrepreneur who is the idea behind the Tesla cars.

Being different is being a weirdo. And being okay about it.

So, what actually makes us all different?

To take out these experiments, accept the asymmetry of your emotions, your eccentricities, aspirations and thoughts for what they actually are. Instead of filtering it through the social system, recognize the difference and apply it in your life.

Do anything and everything because you like it. You love it. Do the things that make you go crazy. Things you’d barter your breath for. Things that make your life a rainbow.

Experiences: What has happened to me? Have I led a normal life with two parents and two siblings? Yes. Breakups I’ve had. Friends I’ve made. School I have attended. Guides I’ve met. Places I’ve been.

You can be fearful and still use it to tame your weaknesses and build your emotional strength.

I know being a writer is no different. But my journey is different. Its unique to me.

P.S. What’s your idea of being different? Do you have a different point of view?

Don’t drink because everybody does today.

Consider a rat who never came out of the hole fearing for his life. He stayed in the dark for years and died one day, unbeknownst.

I experimented. A lot. And now I know I don't need more trials of this kind. I’m writing this today at just the right place from the comfort of my home while it rains outside. While a cold breeze rings music to my senses.

A govt. job could do it for me. Plus Money, plus security, plus prestige.

Can you make it?

Don’t go to the gym because it’s a fitness fad.