7 powerful theories you’ll wish you understood in your early 20s

Your early 20s are a tumultuous ride. You are stepping into the founding days of your career while also building relationships and finding your true self. From friendship breakups to corporate politics, you have to juggle it all. However, following certain principles and theories sometimes makes finding solutions and accepting situations easier. Imbued with meaning and relatable to the core, these will make learning lessons a welcome moment rather than a heartbreaking tragedy. Here are 7 powerful theories to add to your life in your 20s.

A lighthouse stands tall in its place, shining lights upon acres of ocean waves, guiding the travellers to their destinations. Just like that you don’t need to chase people to be seen. Just stand where you are and shine. The right kind of people will always find you, not due to your noise or effort, but the quiet strength of your light.

In all situations you come to face in life, put your peace first. Sometimes it can look like a win, but at times, it can look like a loss. However, view your actions as protecting your peace in the long haul. As soon as you want, without giving multiple chances, you are allowed to leave conversations, places and people that disrupt your peace. Choosing yourself over a crowd isn’t a weakness, it's self-respect.

Nothing good comes out of nothing. If you move you are bout to make waves and thus pave your own way. Life is bound to give you hurdles, trigger your emotions and push you to your believed limits, all to make you achieve higher and better. Storms don’t come to stay, they come to clear the path and wash away what no longer serves you. Just like you believe a storm will wither away to make way for better weather, life’s troubles will also move to make way for calm.

One person could give you the most expensive gift but not be there when you open it. And one could give you a letter and wait for your reaction keenly. The two situations not only sound different but look different too. When you have a real connection with someone, they notice the small things about you. What brings you joy, what hurts you, what you never say loud, your favourite things and things you hate, they notice it all, intentionally.

We all carry more than what's visible. Old wounds, unspoken fears, silent hopes and conscious eyes, one could be hiding many things under a smile. Thus, it is vital to be gentle with others and yourself. For days that others are behaving oddly and for those when you are down and depressed, remember that you all carry more than you show.

Hope is the drug of the masses as without it, life becomes bleak. Whether you believe in universal alignment or not, it keeps you hoping and that’s all you need. As per this theory, nothing in your life is random. Every delay, disappointment and disturbance is part of the greater design of your life, preparing you for something ahead.

When you burn a toast, you lose time and a slice of bread. Similarly when anything happens in life- you get late, miss an exit, miss a call, get stuck in the elevator, you are being redirected in your path. While you may have imagined and planned for life to be a certain way, the burnt toast theory asks you to believe that if you don't get where you wanted to go, there is somewhere better you are heading. Trust the process.