"Love yourself." How can a two-word sentence can be so powerful, that it has changed lives of milion people? It is just a reminder that no one tells anyone. No one reminded us that we need to love ourselves. BTS did. When I first started it, I took a very simple step. Earlier, whenever I went through very hard time, I just wanted to leave the world. I might not really want to die, I just wanted to escape. When I came to know about Love Myself, what I did was during such bad times, when the thought of death was about to come in my head, I told myself, "Love yourself." When people made me think...

Words can have a great impact on people. Whether spoken or via text, it can affect us in both good and bad ways. Words can affect us in a way that we may not realize sometimes and it can emotionally scar us too, even if we do not like admitting it. Believe it or not, even the toughest of people can be hurt by words. They may not show it to you, but it does a lot of hurt to them sometimes, even if they don’t care most times. When we tell something to someone and they react badly, we may think that our words are not a big deal, but they really are. We may think that we were joking or we did not...

During this ongoing pandemic, I now truly realize the vital roles doctors and healthcare workers play in our lives. As of this pandemic, we all hail doctors and healthcare workers as heroes, but they were heroes from the start, before COVID-19 even started. They ALWAYS put themselves at risk by treating patents with contagious diseases, not only during this outbreak. Now, they are receiving the recognition they should have gotten long ago. They are at their respective hospitals nearly 24/7. They wear the same mask for almost 12-14 hours as there is a scarcity of them at the hospital because...

Like a sunny sky that spreads warmth and happiness to most, my family helps me stand on my two feet. They remind me how enjoyable each and every day in my life can be. My family consists of me, an older brother, mom and dad. My brother studies abroad, but technology never made us feel too distant. We miss his company from time to time. He used to be my partner in mischief before, his physical presence beside us is probably the only thing virtual communications can't give us. The ongoing pandemic made us come to terms with various things. New and old. Relations restored and revalued while...

The cases and death rates caused by Corona Virus -2019 have been increasing rapidly around the world. Most of the researchers earlier said that it would not affect young, teenagers and children but the recent situation made everyone believe that they can be affected by Corona at any time! According to the estimation of the United Nations the world’s population in 2019 youths numbered 1.2 billion persons between ages 15 to 24. In developed countries number of youth population are 207 million, among those countries the Covid 19 cases aged 10-19 and 20-29 are: In Italy 3.7% to 5.9%, South Korea 5...

One day I asked myself, "What's your greatest power?" Without a second thought I replied, "Bethlem Myopathy." And after thinking about it later, I realized how true that is. My family often tells me the story of my birth. Doctors warned my mother that I might die before birth. Even after my birth, I met my mother after three days. Everyone thought I would not survive. But at last, I survived. This inspires me a lot even now. Whenever life became unbearable for me in previous years, I consoled myself saying that my life is a present. I should not want it to end early and there must be a reason...

Those days you relished Have now perished Demons feed on the wounds Of your head And laugh at the dread Those scars you hide The weight you carry inside Is where all demons hide Feeding away at your inner child The part you most reviled They scream at the sound of silence And ignore your defiance You let out a scream While the demons scheme You hear the joy within you perishing And the demons relishing Eating away the sublimity And disrupting the serenity "Help!", you scream While the demons lips' salivate And your head slowly disintegrates Until the humanity in you fades Within you, there is...

Many say the year, 2020 AD was the worst they’ve experienced. The loved ones of some perished to the virus and the long-awaited plans of some had been put on hold. Some of us were also quite eager to see the sunshine again, the birds sing, the flowers bloom and this cold veil, the outbreak lifts itself off of this world. Most had desires so mere, yet so lofty. All people wanted was to do what they did last year and the years before: live normally again, breathe once again some outer air. However, before this outbreak, people were tired of living monotonous lives and they craved some change...

People who do creative works such as writing, singing, painting and so on, are largely dependent on reception of their works, people's reactions to their works. Sometimes, based on this reception they decide whether they should go on or quit. Of course, creative workers mainly do their works out of their passion, but criticism contributes a lot. Appreciation is a force that encourages a person to keep going with their works. On the other hand, hate comments can make a person give up. I have started to realize the power of kind words after starting to write. I see how a little touch of...

When I become bored of staying in my room and find nothing to do, I go to my balcony and look at the sky. Most of the time I look at the sky in the evening. When the sun starts to go down. And when I look at sky, I feel a sense of purity, serenity. The wide sky and the breeze reach deep inside of me and make me feel happy. The feeling is really breathtaking. The wideness of the sky, the serenity reaches into my heart. The evening sky has different colours each day. Most of the time it is sky blue, and the blue clouds. Sometimes it becomes yellow. Sometimes pink, red, or purple. Sometimes gray...

Every year I set a new year plan for myself on the occasion of my birthday. Those plans are for self-improvement. I think about those plans earlier and I start working on them from my birthday. This year I couldn’t think anything as my new year plan. Then on the evening of my birthday, I was listening to a song. And there was a line, "Shine, dream, smile". That line hit my head and I took that line as my new year plan. I start working on it. In textbooks, we read this phrase often 'Shine in life'. Mostly it refers to the successful person. But shining can be in different ways. Shining means...

In this world full of perfectionists and judgemental behaviour, loving yourself is so important. Because, people around you will always try to change you and want you to be a certain way. Because of it, losing yourself is something very easy. If you get into it once and start changing yourself because of others, you will never know how beautiful you were. You will forget who you were. You won't know the treasures within you. You will end up being a doll made by others. Loving yourself is not so easy. Especially because of everyone around you. But still, you must try to love yourself. You have...

People who are under 18 are declared as children. During their teenage years, children kind of lose their own identity. Sometimes they are treated as children and sometimes as adults. They feel confused about who they really are. It interrupts their growth. First of all, teens should be treated as persons like everyone else. Teens should be treated as teens. Neither children nor adults. Teens have a completely different type of personality. For example, there are many things that are valuable for children and teens but merely a waste of time in adults' eyes. Things such as free time...

I consider myself lucky, because I have a free relationship with my mother compared with others. She understands me. Stll , when it comes to something related to mental health, I hesitate to tell, I ask myself, "Why? Why do I hesitate? What am I afraid of?" I don't know the exact answer, but I hesitate. I just think, "She won't take the problem in the way I am facing it." Or, "She can't help me at all." If open up, probably things will be different from what I think. Still, talking about mental health problem is really hard. It can be because of my introvert nature, Sometimes it can be because...

You are kind towards others around you. People around you say, "Oh, she is a kind one. " But towards you, you are unkind. You push your own needs to please others, because if you put yourself first, people will say you 'selfish'. You love others so much, but you hate yourself because you are imperfect. You disagree to do something, but you are too afraid to say 'No'. You have something to say, but you don’t open your mouth because you think, "People will take it badly." What's the point of all these? People may have a pretty image of you, but what about you? You do good things for other people...

"The words you say make bruises that never fade away." I read this quote in internet and I totally agreed with the author. Words. Words are the reason I prefer to stay away from people as much as possible. Words are the reason why my relationship with others is being worse in some places, sometimes even with my family. Words are the reason I can't connect with my classmates, because the things they talk about seem depthless and soulless to me. Sometimes I want to hide somewhere in deep silence because I just can't tolerate words. Sometimes I am afraid to start a conversation with my family...

Sometimes I feel so alone. I have something that I want to share with someone, but I can't find anyone. Then I take a white paper and pen (or pencil), and pour my heart into that. It can be irrelevant. It can be my thoughts, or simply something which is going in my head. It can be song lyrics, or a memory, or anything. And after writing or doodling it down, I feel a bit lighthearted. There is a place where I can always open myself up and share everything, my emotions, my pains, my thoughts. That place is my diary. When I write diary, I feel like I do have a friend who is always there for me...

2021 is probably the loneliest year of my life. But this year is also a year of realization. Loneliness is so painful. Now people know it very well because of this COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown and isolation. My reason behind experiencing loneliness is different, but the feeling is the same as the neo-normal people talk about. But when I became used to my solitary life, I started to find out the good sides of it. And came to the realization that solitude changed many of my perceptions. In two different speeches, there were two lines that touched my heart. In the time of solitude, I realized...

The world of young people is sometimes different from the real world. But, it is a beautiful one. Young people are free souls. They are full of dreams, passions and youth. They have limitless possibilities inside of them. They chase their passions and dreams. And they are making huge changes. Sometimes I become amazed when I see young people are making a difference or trying to do that. The way young people see the world is different from adults. Adults think about the risk-benefit ratio and act after that. But young people follow their own souls, and they do what they want. That's why...