HOPE IS THE ONLY THING STRONGER THAN FEAR

                                 HOPE IS THE ONLY THING STRONGER THAN FEAR
Fear.Humiliation.Dissapointment.

A wave of these emotions surged through me as I stood quivering on the stage in front of a hundred students and a bunch of teachers. Fire- is- it could-burnt- fire of enemity... I had hopelessly stuttered, my mind going more blank each passing moment. It was like a device switching off due to lack of battery and no matter how many times you click on it for it to start it won't budge. One minute had never felt so long. I had been given the topic fire. I could have spoken from a simple story about a house catching fire to the feeling warmth and security fire provides to those who are cold and shivering. It couldn't have got easier than that. I had been given one minute to think and one minute to speak on my topic. One minute might seem like a short time to think of ideas but as I stood there wishing for time to pass I realised that so much could be done in just a span of sixty seconds. Not being able to take it anymore I remember running out of the hall in front of the entire student body with tears brimming in my eyes. I felt stupid. If I had spent my time wisely instead of listening to what my teammates wanted me to say, I wouldn't have made such a fool of myself. But the damage was already done. From that day I promised myself to never get on the stage again.Two years passed and I was being succesfully loyal to my promise when something extraordinary happened.

The event I absolutely despised was happening again and they required one student from each house. I happily took a leave on the day of the audition ensuring that I had no chance to enter whatsoever. The next day I happily skipped to school with no knowledge of what I was about to get myself into. Before I knew it I was being dragged into the audition room. " I don't want to do this! I was crying but no one payed heed to my miseries. I did the audition terribly. I stuttered even when I knew what to speak just so I could get out of this. The last thing I expected was for my teacher to scream 'you're selected!'
On the day of the competition I stood near the stage awaiting my turn for something I had been involuntarily dragged into without my consent. I had practiced to the best I could but that did not prevent the constant shaking of my leg. I had got the topic 'A celebrity ghost you would like to invite to dinner.' I stood  there for a fleeting moment trying to calm my racing heart and mind. And then suddenly it all clicked into place.  Alan Rickman. Professor Snape. Harry Potter. I had just go the best idea ever.A smile spread across my lips as my potterhead brain sparkled with ideas. And for the first time in forever, I felt confident. I remember winning the first prize that day and surprising everyone including myself.  That fateful day I realized that my life is a book that I'm writing and nobody likes to read a book without drama. Nobody expects you to never fall, they expect you to fall, get back up and come back stronger than ever. Also it doesn't always take ages for genius ideas that lead to new discoveries, sometimes all it takes is a span of sixty seconds.

Fiction books are really fun to read. Although not everyone enjoys reading fiction books but then a lot of people do. Why are they so much fun despite the fact that they are not real? They are fun because they take you to whole new different world. They give you a place in their world and make it feel like your own. Even though you can’t stay in that world forever still you cherish every moment you spend there. This is because it’s their world where you can be free and enjoy and not care about a single thing. They help you divert your mind for some time from the difficulties that are waiting for you back in your own world. They refresh you and prepare you for your battles ahead. It doesn’t mean that if they are not real they are useless. No, that’s not the case. In fact you can gain a lot of good values and life skills from fiction books as well. They are exciting as well as informative. People think that all fictional books are fairy tales where all the characters will always end up well. Well let me tell that is just not the truth. Fictional books are not fairy tales where there is always that ‘And they lived happily ever after’ thing. They tell you how to deal with real life problems in their own way. In these books not every character gets to stay with the ones he/she loves. Or he/she does not get to live a life which is a bed full of roses. Their life breaks them. But they heal each other. And that’s what they want you to learn. Life will always try to crush you but you have to show life that you know how to mend yourself.

FICTION BOOKS ARE  A PLACE WHERE IDEAS HAVE NO LIMITATIONS...

SPREADING SMILES

If you see someone without a smile give them yours :)

Life is Hard. It’s true and there is no point denying it. But what is important is that it’s hard. Not impossible. Charlie Chaplin has beautifully said, “I have many problems in my life. But my lips don’t know that. They always smile.”

Everyone loves superheroes, Spider Man and Superman. Who doesn’t want to become like them? Fly around cities and save people from trouble. Well you know you what? You  can do that. Yes, though technically you cannot fly around cities and punch evil monsters, but you can do something even better. Smile. Smile and it will not only make you feel better but also people around you. Smile and make someone else around you smile and you’ll see how much better your day becomes in just a matter of seconds.

There’s always a reason to smile. You just have to find it. There is a simple rule in life, smile more and worry less. You don’t need  to wear make-up to look pretty. Just wear a smile and it will make the world love you. A smile makes you beautiful even when you are just being you.

People will bully you. Smile. They will make you feel insecure. Smile. They will break your trust. Smile. People you love would not be there some day. Smile. Just know inside that all these things are just like problems in a math test, meaning that they are just there to torture you. Now its up to you whether you stay strong and pass the test or give up and fail.

Its true that sometimes it feels easy to just give up and let go. I mean why stick around and do the hard work of staying strong when you have easier ways? The answer is that if you give up you won’t gain anything, but if you stay strong one day you’ll have a story to tell the world. Then you are a superhero in your own tale who didn’t let the wounds scar his life. You let those scars shine because it was them that made you what you are today. So smile at them because they made you a better person. A person worth remembering.