“Different is Good, and being different makes us stand out in the world,” says Natalya Neidhart. Hey everyone!! This is Sruthiga Saravanakumar. I’m 20 with half a glass of Experience and half a glass of Knowledge but with what I’ve learnt in t

he last couple of years, I would like to unveil something as Importance as Selecting our Career. Here I stand, chasing my dreams, finding the perfect path and portraying my thoughts, and in between, I find myself taking a different turn. As youths of this generation, we tend to have different ideas and ambitions and this mind of ours wanders in the isolated world looking for Attractions that would further turn into an addiction!! We all know that 75% of society expects all of us to be the same and it believes that being the same is the best way to be but well, I did catch the inner voice that urges you to express your opinions and the devil’s voice asking you to start a commotion at the same time… Of course, It happens!!

 Yes, I laugh at my own lame jokes. Yes, I cry to a not-so-emotional scene. Yes, I measure my forehead every single day and Yes, I spend so much time Daydreaming. Yet, I guess I’m so happy in life and that does not make me feel unique. I rather feel different!! It’s okay to be Different. When we utter the word “Different”, does it seem like Standing on the moon among the stars or watching a vintage movie in between the Zillion add gaps? Either way, I believe it’s special. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam once met some of the students of our country and asked this one question that made them Believe. ” For what reason should I be remembered..?” Now you think about it and look for answers inside you. Trust me, this is not going to be a piece of Advice but will urge you to take the road not taken. You cannot be genuinely happy in life when you’re not genuinely yourself. When you are genuinely yourself, you will start to explore the true potentials of life and when you began your exploration, the right people will guide your way. There can always be someone who’s Prettier, Stronger Smarter, Wiser, and Younger than you, but there can never be Another YOU. The hardest battle of life is the battle of Unmasking ourselves to wear our Natural smile without second thoughts. Start Embracing your indifferences and working on your emotions. 

Short-term goals strengthen our Balance. Laughing it out strengthens your will power.

What if Balance and Will power join hands…??

A mystery to be solved.

First, when I began to write, A lot of people encouraged me and some of them asked me to choose a different field and pass my leisure time by writing stories. I did have second thoughts. ” Who’s gonna buy my book for kids and how’s it even possible to publish a book” I did not look for answers inside them, yet I kept procrastinating the idea of writing a book.

And then I realized……okay, not a spark but a very late realization that if J.K. Rowling or Chetan Bhagat could do it, why not me? Pain can be bitter and Unbearable sometimes but it’s the most unpleasant-tasting medicine which is going to give you the best results. Start Introspecting the reasons behind your emotion and you will feel the need of working hard to pin down hardships in life.

Being different makes you think beyond the obvious. Imagine yourself stuck among a group of aliens who have invaded your place. They give you two options, one to join their community or leave the place at once! Joining the community may seem easier than opening the lid of the box but the outcomes would be surprising indeed. If you analyze this situation from a global perspective, the History you are reading right now would disappear. Talibans invading Pakistan and Malala standing up for her rights would have taken a drastic change. Thimmaka planting 8000 trees at her age would have become the impossible. They chose to be different and you do it too.

What’s wrong with being different? THE FEAR!! THE FEAR OF FACING FEAR.

I want to present you a poem that I wrote during quarantine about “ The Monster in my life” when I read it right now, it totally feels weird, coz that situation and the moment were different from that of now.

Flumping back to the upper berth, reminiscing the foregone;

Demons, Devils and Hellhounds striding down the town;

Mischievous, yet fearless she unveils her identity;

Not realising her impishness could wound the reality;

She gasps at her shadow as she perceives the long lost tale;

And sprints with a flash of fear, past the stack of stale;

The gorgeous ladies twirled as the bonfire flared up;

With gentlemen appraising “Bonjour” straight up;

A started scene and A commotion among the mass;

Thrilled and awakened as the locomotive slowed down with a bass;

Depicting a sketch ” That’ll be 500 Euros” exclaimed a laddie with brown eyes;

She anxiously replied about the world of lies;

Here glides the trepidation, the horror, the panic and the fright;

As the portrait reads “vanquish the fear of your future and March right”;

And now here I beam and grin conquering “The monster in my life”

Yeah! It does sound funny to me right now, but I’m still proud of myself back then.

It’s okay! It’s okay to lose. It’s okay to cry. It’s okay to argue for the right things. It’s okay to negotiate. It’s okay to be thin or fat. It’s okay to forgive and forget. It’s okay to wear a pink top with blue pants and it’s okay to write novels while practising medicine. It’s okay to not be okay and it’s perfectly okay to be different.

This Heaven on Earth has taught me to be different and this message will pass on to the next generations too. To all those reading this, I’m looking forward to getting your autographs in the future.

Aim Big and Be Different.

 Remember You are Worth it.

Love and Love always….