1. Try, try, and try and you shall succeed. Good better best never let it rest until your good becomes better and your better best.
  2. Nothing succeeds like success and there is the price of progress.
  3. Forgive and forget. To err is human, to forgive is divine. Especially in the auspicious month of Ramadan practice sanctity and Pray for forgiveness in this holy month.
  4. Do not commit any sins because you will have to pay penance for that.
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  5. Lead such a life that you are considered a role model.
  6. It is good to be childlike but not good to be childish.
  7. Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you.
  8. Before you go to bed every night shut devilish thoughts from entering your head, for that matter shut them out during the daytime also.
  9. A house is made of walls and a roof but a home is made with good hearts.
  10. If you see somebody without a smile give him one of yours.
  11. Men should not think it below their dignity to help their womenfolk at home with their housework.
  12. A calm disposition is a healthy one.
  13. Remember, in reverse psychology, if you get after something it will get further from you so keep a distance and it will come to you itself.
  14. Sometimes being depressed is just the same as being sad or melancholy, so it’s nice to listen to melancholic music and your heart won’t sink.
  15. Blood is thicker than water so try and build family relationships. Build strong relations with your family and parents because that is what matters most.
  16. In old age, parents become children again so treat them wisely.
  17. Happiness is not an exterior feeling, seek for it inside you.
  18. Live such a life that people remember you when you are gone. As they say, when you entered this world you cried, when you depart others should cry for you.
  19. Don’t be bossy it is one thing to be in a position of authority and another to throw your weight around.
  20. Be graceful, and act according to your age.
  21. Be warm and kind-hearted if you are a ‘have’ and share with the ‘have-nots’.
  22. Be courteous and always be willing to respond however busy you may be. Be a good listener.
  23. Be friendly and don’t stay aloof from the crowd.
  24. Be good to your elders as you would want your juniors to be to you when you grow old.
  25. Be well groomed, it is nice to have a presence.
  26. If you are educated help in reforming society and have a good civic sense, it makes you a good citizen.
  27. It is good to be sensitive to a fellow human being’s feelings but don’t be over sensitive. You should know where to draw the line.
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  28. To keep your family secure is one thing but to be overprotective may result in being possessive which isn’t a good trait.
  29. Peace and harmony are good for the environment just as cacophony results in noise pollution which is detrimental to health.
  30. Life is what you make it, won’t be served on a platter to you.
  31. Love makes the world go around
  32. Weather influences moods. Good weather puts you in a good mood just as foul weather puts you in a bad mood. Some people are under the weather, those whose moods are influenced by the weather and some are weather-beaten those who take all types of weather in their stride.
  33. Pursue your interests as achievement in them will keep you happy. Parents usually tend to ask their children to pursue a profession they feel is suitable for their child but sometimes the child excels in what he or she is interested in doing.
  34. Charity or Sadqa are good means to ward off evils.
  35. Be sincere in what you do. Don’t forget your values also.

ZEENAT IQBAL HAKIMJEE

ZEENAT IQBAL HAKIMJEE is a versatile and mature writer. Her late father Ahmed Jivanjee was a famous journalist of Karachi. She exclusively writes Poems and Stories for Mix Plate Magazine. She can be reached at [email protected]

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