If I knew what I know NOW!!

Sitting in office idle for sometime, a song came floating in my mind ‘If I knew what I know now’ by Kenny Rogers which made me think, if I meet my younger self in teens, now, what advice would I give her. If we all knew THEN what we know NOW, would our lives been better?

IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW

Well, hello girl, tell me, how have you been?
By the way, I`ll never make the same mistake again
And you know girl, it`s been a long hard time
Nothing like back when you were mine.

And if I knew then what I know now
I`d have found a way
To make things work out somehow
I`d have held you tight
I`d have treated you right
If I knew then what I know now.

It`s a crazy world for a boy and a girl

Harder than it is for a woman and a man
Oh, it was easy then just to push you away
Guess I never knew how I'd feel today.

If we knew then ...

You know I'd do things differently
If you ever come back to me
If we could just go back in time
There`s no broken heart
Girl, we`re at the start this time.

Dear Me @ 21,

The dress you wore for that school function, just what were you thinking :-o

Don’t hate the thick eyebrows you had then. It is going to be the most beautiful eyebrows once you grow up.

Don’t be impulsive. For your every action, there will be a reaction and you will realise this later in life and then you will have to live with the consequences.

Don’t dress up for others. Dress up because you want to feel and look good to yourself.

Don’t be embarrassed at stupid incidents, like when a guy tries to talk to you or asking for notes from a super intelligent classmate.

Don’t wear socks in those block heels or sandals, no matter how cold it is. Period.

Don’t cry over ‘that’ guy. He is not your true love. I repeat NOT.

Listen to your mom and dad. Trust me. They really do know what is best for you.

Help mom in the kitchen. How did mom do it without complaining? you will realize that once you start managing alone / are married ;)

Spend time with your girlfriend no matter how buzy you are with other things.

Spend more time with God.

Say ‘Thank you’ more often to your parents.

Spend less time watching TV or listening songs or studying and more time with your brother and give them advice when they come to you. Before you know it, they are not going to be needing your advice, but would be giving you one! They grow up so soo soooo fast!

Don’t be selfish. The world does not revolve around you. NO, It does not!

Don’t do anything which you have to hide from your family… be true to yourself and them.

Don’t get aggressive on sensitive matters, they ruin understanding with your loved ones.

Take care of your skin and have lots of water.

Enjoy every moment.. be it with parents, brother or Friends.

Don’t worry about that ugly pimple, you will learn that people are not superficial. They love you no matter what.

You will develop a passion for shopping.

Don’t be paranoid about birthdays. You will still look the same, even better than how you look now! And you will hear people complimenting on that …

Don’t go looking for Mr. Right in Mr. Wrongs. Just wait. You will fall in love with the most wonderful man and will be happily married.

Be more organized.

Love your body just the way it is. Trust me, You will want this waistline back when you look back at pics taken during the college days :p

Don’t live French fries, noodles, fried chicken, pizzas, dosas and samosas only… try some dal chawal also, you gonna crave for it later.

MOST IMPORTANT: Don’t try to please everyone and anyone… Learn to say NO and move on!

If I knew all this then, I probably would have had a perfect life, but these are the things that have made me into the person that I am today.  Guess that’s what life is all about, which doesn’t only includes good decisions but bad ones too. I have learnt to learn and move!

This is a idea I got from one of the blogs and sounded really interesting to me to write what’s on my list, infact kind of a letter to my younger self !!! i guess there are lot many things to be added still ....