YOU.

You. You matter. Your presence matters, your smile matters, your words matter. You might think that you don't matter in this world, but because of you someone has a favourite song that reminds them of you, someone has smiled, someone has remembered a joke you told them and laughed to themselves, someone has felt proud to be a part of your life. Don't think you don't have an impact. Your fingerprints can't be wiped away from the little marks of kindness that you leave behind. Your presence on this earth makes a difference whether you see it or not.
Students, we live in a very evolving world. A world wherein you will face challenges you didn't even see coming. There will be times when you will not know what to do, whom to seek help from, how to face it but remember one thing, you will overcome it. You will survive it. You always have, always will. Stop worrying, stop panicking. Nothing good can come out of expecting the worst. It is okay to feel lost. It is when you will feel lost, then only will you find yourself. It is okay to feel weak but know that you are strong. The storm you are going through is what you are growing through.

Today I am not going to share any motivational or inspirational story with you. Today, you don't need to depend on someone else's motivation. From today, you are going to be your own motivation. Your life story is inspiring than any other story because look how far you have come. You have gone through the challenges and you have won so many times. We always need a motivating factor in our life. Motivation is the invisible force that drives us forward. At moments when our motivation is weakened, we start to doubt. We doubt our abilities, we lose faith, and we need to re-energize and recapture that lost motivation. That motivation is you. You have to help yourself to get back on the right path again, and to start moving in the right direction. You need to mark these words in your heart. You are your motivation.

I would like to say a few lines from a poem,

मुट्ठी में कुछ सपने लेकर , भर कर जेबों में आशाएं
दिल में है अरमान यही , कुछ कर जाएं , कुछ कर जाएं।
सूरज सा तेज़ नहीं मुझमे , दीपक सा जलता देखोगे
अपनी हद रौशन करने से
तुम मुझको कब तक रोकोगे,

झुक झुक कर सीधा खड़ा हुआ , अब फिर झुकने का शौख नहीं
अपने ही हाथों रचा स्वयं , तुमसे मिटने का खौफ़ नहीं
तुम हालातों की भट्टी में जब जब भी मुझको झांकोगे
तब तप कर सोना बनूँगा मैं
तुम मुझको कब तक रोकोगे….

Say these lines to yourself whenever life throws an obstacle towards you.

My dear friends, you are going to be okay. you are going to figure it out. you always do. Think back to every time you have felt lost and how you are past it. You have survived everything else, you are fighter, warrior, champion. You will survive this too. Just Breathe. Breathe.
Please don't give up. Look around yourself, you have been gifted this life, don't make it go waste, don't throw it away. It is just a moment, it will pass.

Close your eyes and breathe.
I love you all, all of you matter.

Thank you.