Once I read a line by Rabindranath Tagore, ‘Let your life dance lightly at the ages of time like a drop of water at the tip of a leaf.’ The profound meaning of this line has kept inspiring me.

Here I share with you what I have understood — enjoy your life, feel all the happiness life has to offer, as time does not come back. Time takes all of us along with it. The world will go on and on and so will the generations but your life won’t. Therefore even if your life is short, live it to the fullest.

Learn from the droplets of water right at the edge of a leaf. Even the slightest touch can disperse them, but just have a look at them! The droplets don’t care what happens next and look as if they are dancing and enjoying their precious life.

You cannot predict the future or when your life might end. But do remember: if you can ever live your life, it is now!

— Ritesh Chaudhary, Class IX, Siddhartha Vanasthali Institute