The Rudest Book Ever

by Shwetabh Gangwar

We are creating a human—are we mentally fit and prepared to create a person for whom we will be solely responsible? If not, shall we now start to upgrade our thoughts, perceptions, perspectives, create multiple storages of knowledge—which in time will cater to the young person’s curiosities and impact the overall development of its personality?

may seem very simple to you, but this thinking can change the course of your life. Any achievement dictates you have created or mastered something. This means that not only did

In terms of rejections from people, it becomes: rejections are a normal thing, and I don’t have to take them personally, because people are weird. Who knows what’s going on in their heads—it’s not my job to find out.

People are gonna do whatever the fuck they want. You get to control what you do and how you think—that’s your only privilege. So, for your own benefit, in order to shut your ego down, you will have to learn to let go. The more you master it, the less you’re going to give a fuck about what people think of you.

Letting go can be boiled down to two simple things: You can’t please everyone. You can’t control anyone.

it is your stupid ego getting hurt.

‘Truth is rarely pure and never simple’.

We should admire heroic actions, encourage them and celebrate them; we should aspire towards incorporating them into our lives. But we should leave those people to be people, and to act like people—

Admire, never follow.

There is always new data that could render your explanations inapplicable. Your explanations are the best that your mind could come up with at this moment.

Allow yourself to feel pain and acknowledge it with respect, not fear. That’s all the ointment pain needs—acceptance—and from then on, it starts to subside.

If somebody has more than you, good for them. You have you,