HAKUNA MATATA!!!

I was happily jamming to some music, when the song changed I was pretty surprised to hear the lyrics it went like this “Here’s a little song I wrote, you might want to sing it note for note, so Don’t worry, Be Happy”. I was pretty impressed by the lyrics. So I went and asked my mom, if I could write about it, she gave me the affirmative, when I sat down to write I thought “how about I write it as a Teenager sharing her escape mechanisms to all the other Teenagers (friends) out there”.

Ø First off, if others start shooting hate comments at you, or if parents are yelling at you(when i say yelling i mean the not so important yelling, if it is advice then please heed it), then all you need to do is “listen through one ear and let it go through the other”. They can only keep it up for so long. Soon enough they will get frustrated that you are not even listening to them and will leave you alone. It a very effective method. Also you can ignore them as much as you want, like a dog barking on the street.

Ø Second one is “live and let live”, don’t always hold grudges against others, if you hate the person then just pretend they don’t even exist in your picture. And also if that person ever tries to do something to you it just means they want your attention on them. After a while they will understand and they will leave you alone. Always try to look at the bright side of the world. Even when you think that there is no hope, there will be a small ray, you just have to grab it as quickly as you can and hold on to it.

Ø Third is when you lose someone very near and dear to you, the darkness will engulf you, it is your choice to keep sitting and crying over spilt milk or just getting back up and continuing with your life. Our parents will always be with us, even after they are gone. Since we come from them we have a part of both of them inside us. Think of it like this, they have gone to a better place and will find peace when they see you trying to get back up.

Ø Fourth, don’t get irritated or worried for unnecessary things like having to wake up early in the morning to study or exercise. It’s for our own good so we have to acknowledge it. Also we don’t have to lose our very precious happiness for these kinds of things. Take a chill pill buddies!! P.S HAKUNA MATATA is a song from the movie "The Lion King".

Ø Last but not the least LOVE YOURSELF. Mentioned so many times by my favorite boy band BTS in their albums and songs. We have to love ourselves if we want ourselves to be happy in life. It will never be free of worries or sadness but the least that we can do is make our happiness overpower our worries. “If You Want To Love Others, First LOVE YOURSELF”~ RM. Until next time.......

R MAHIMA RAM

XI GRADE