Bhavya Shylaja Suresh, Grade 10, New Indian Model School, Dubai
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The best lessons I have learnt from reading books are:
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1. Friendship.
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2. You are not alone in your grief.
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3. How to stand for something and not fall for everything.
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4. To embrace who I am.
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5. To not judge another before knowing their story.
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6. How and when to ask deep questions.
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7. Imagine.
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8. Failure is an option.
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9. Emotions make us humans.
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10. No one is perfect.
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11. How to love.
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12. There are two sides to every story.
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13. Age is just a number.
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14. True strengths carry no weight.
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There are dozens of more but these are the most poignant lessons for me.
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If only people would embrace the lessons that our books have to offer and seek more lessons, we just may find ourselves residing in a world that has elevated itself for the better.