Several ways of going down but only one way up

There are several ways to go down but only one way to go up.

Inspired by the Fuji mountain where people wear shoes made of straw as any other shoes which they would wear would get ruined due to the volcanic activity and soot which comes out.
Fuji mountain has only one way of going up and several ways of going down.
This inspired me to write about a very important lesson in life.
Many a times, we do things and delve into activities which are negative. Although we know the circumstances that it might have, on our lives or others' lives we still practice them.
This is due to factors such as greed and jealousy.
We pull others downhill thinking we shall climb few stairs up by doing so. We don't realize when we pull other people down, their weight brings us a few steps down as well.

Think of it, in one way, whenever we pull something, we do have an opposite reaction and we tend to fall backwards. Similarly, when we pull someone down, their weight of goodness and innocence brings us down as well.

The only way up is when we don't bother about what others are doing and we focus on ourselves as individuals competing with whom we were yesterday.
We should think of way of improving ourselves today with respect to who we were yesterday.
That is when, we will actually move up the ladder and we wouldn't require delving any kind of negative activities. It is highly important to know your competition and learn from your mistakes. It is highly important to assess where you are going and how you are doing by understanding why you are not doing well as compared to your fellow competitors. But, it is also important to appreciate your competitors because the lessons which you will learn about how to go up and reach the apex will also come from your competitors.
It is normal human psychology, a person learns more from what interests him. If you appreciate and take interest in your competitors , you will definately learn and grasp more.

The First in Last Out Principle

It is normal human tendency to get attached to new people as we progress in our lives.
It also a normal tendency to become more cautious about how much we share with people and to what extent we share our thoughts with people whom we meet as we grow up.
Age group of 18- 23 is the age when we meet the most number of temporary people in our lives. We are in our experimental mode and like to make new friends, like and be liked for who we are and what we do.
We want recognition and fame, we want to be 'popular' in our own domains.
As we grow older we meet more new people, but the people who have stuck around with us for more than 3 years on an average, we always count on them and never leave their side.
People make mistakes and even our friends who have been with us for a long time, they make mistakes which we don't want to forgive them for but since we have been together and stuck with eachother through our thick and thin , the mistakes seem very small in size and it is easy to overlook them.

Life follows the rule of first in , last out and not first in , first out. We should never forget the people who come into our lives first (during our initial years of life, when we actually start understanding friendship) are the last ones to leave our side.

Silence | Sword or a Band-aid

Silence is the best carrier of all emotions. Silence can be a sword or a band-aid in different situations.
Sometimes it covers ups the wounds that are open and sometimes it cuts through you leaving you open. Open to the feeling of pain and you feeling lost.

The reason why silence is still preferred by all is because it shall never offend anyone.

It may sometimes even act as catalyst for you to realize what you desire as it opens up a door into your soul which only you know is open.

It is true, unsaid words are sometimes better than some words said wrong but sometimes when the words remain unsaid , you shall remain lost in your own world hoping for the words to be communicated and they shall remain un-communicated.