Love hurts:

Love, the desire and warm feeling towards something, is a very sweet word. The power of love can create a healthy and beautiful environment for us to live in. Most teenagers take love as a light thing but actually it is not so. True love can be a very big strength and can energise us to face anything. I came across many people who ruined their life and fell into drugs because they were cheated in love by a boy/girl. I feel that to play with one’s feelings and honesty in love not only ruins the life of the one who is cheated but also the one who cheats. One should not play with others feelings and honesty, as we don’t want others to play with our feelings.

—Prajjwal Kumar Dahal, Little Angels’ School

A true friend:

Formerly when I used to think of the word friend I used to get mystified. Who are my friends? What is their significance in our life? But now, I know what a friend is. I know because I found a friend for myself. When I close my eyes and think of a friend her image appears in my mind. She is my friend, my true friend whose shoulders were there when I needed someone to lean on, whose hands were there to wire my tears. Initially I used to take her very lightly. I used to think that she was just there to pass my free time. But slowly, I realised the value of her company and started to treasure her friendship. I know she loves me and cares a lot about me. She knows me very well and she understands my feelings. Though we were together for a long time, I just realised lately how precious she is to me. I hope our friendship lasts all our lives. Irisha, always be with me.

—Shova Dangol, Class XII, Bernhardt College

It’s all in your hands:

An infant grows into a boy then into an adolescent and then becomes old and dies. This is the natural process of our life. Who knows what will happen tomorrow? Till today no one has seen God. But we say that we are made or say created by God. Where is God? When we put this question to all the people in the world some of them will reply that God is in the heart of all human beings, other might say God is invisible and many of us might remain silent.

It is believed that when a person dies he will go to hell or heaven according to his work during his lifetime. If he has done good things in his life then he will go to heaven and if he has done bad things, which are called sins, he will go to hell. Many people often say that when man dies his soul becomes a ghost. But has anyone seen a ghost? Someone

says that even after death there is life. Life is full of secrets. There is no word to define our life. It is an adventure and nobody knows where it ends. Different questions arise about life and the answers given don’t seem to be good enough. Our life is valuable. Don’t let it be wasted. Never leave your future in the hands of God or on your luck. Luck is what you make yourself. Only hard work can lead you to success. Your life depends on you. Life is what you make. It is in your hands to make your life meaningful.

—Anu Marhatta, Class IX, Siddhartha Vanasthali Institute