WHAT I LEARNED FROM HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER

- Never break the Bro code. 

You know that Bro code applies to one and all, all close knit friends. If you want your friendship (your relationship with anyone for that matter) to remain intact, follow these simple basic rules of friendship. 

If you break it, then face time for it.

- Nothing good happens after 2 am.

After 2 am, everything seems a little too blurry. Senseless decisions, drinking way too much, rides in the middle of the night, cops catching you, non speakable misdeeds, such are few of the things, that makes the night...
Wait! What am I saying, everything legendary does seem to happen after 2 am! Screw you Ted!, Barney's right on this one!

- Don't be afraid to take the leap.

Remember that episode where all of them had to jump from roof, one building to another? How that metaphorically helped them and all of us to take the giant leap of faith? Sometimes, you've just got to make the jump to know what it feels like to be on the other side.

- Follow your dreams.

Even if Lily failed initially, when her dreams of becoming an artist didn't pan out, look where she got to by the end of the series. Never forget to follow your dreams, find out where your passion lies. Ted dreamed to be one of the biggest architects in New York, he did build GNB's tower, but he knew in the end, he wanted to teach. And he did. Marshall, he always wanted to be an environmental lawyer. Even with a few stumbles along the way, he got to it. He had to do what he had to do, to become what he wanted to be. (Refer: His initial stint at GNB with Barney)

Sort out your weaknesses, your strengths, your skills and that is half the work done. Focus on them and that will pave the way for you towards success.

- Marshall and Lily's relationship.

Their relationship, their marriage,might have encountered the rocky shores, but it did set sail despite the storms. They showed that, marriages are hard but with a loving spouse and a best friend beside you, there's nothing that can't be sorted out. All they needed was honesty, understanding and respect for each other. Of course, you can't relate TV couples to real life couples, but we can learn from them a little and live the TV non-realistic life for real, can't we?

- Barney Stinson

He is my favourite character in the series. In his own words, he is legen-WaitForIt-dary! Legendary! He brings fun to the party! He makes sure everyone in the gang is entertained. Ted, Marshall, Lily and Robin protest and whine about the plans he makes for them, but by the end of it all, it was a night to remember! Half of Ted's stories to his kids, were all Barney's doings. Barney got everyone out of the comfort and lazy zone! They'd all have aged a decade earlier if Barney wasn't around. But this doesn't mean that I approve his sick ways of sleeping with girls. Ok wait, his Playbook was hilarious! Gosh! I have mixed feelings about this. Leave it.

- Ted's search for The One

Love like Marshall and Lily's, love at first sight, love at first encounter, does not really happen and work out so well in real life. Ted went on a series of dates, blind dates to find his "The One". He was not afraid of falling in love, not afraid to explore his options and associate with different kinds of people(women) to know who fit him best! It's never a fail, to love someone even if it doesn't work out in the end. Because you evolved in the relationship, know yourself better, know your partner better, then you can assess yourself or modify your likes and dislikes. I like the fact that he is very thorough about it all.
Never fear to fall in love, never fear of break ups, because we all deserve the best and the best things don't always come easy.

- The Mother

I never liked her when they introduced her in the previous season. But as her story unfolded, I realized Ted is a lucky person! I slowly began to like her. That one episode where she sang La Vien Rose, brought me to tears. She loved and she lost. We all have, but that doesn't mean we stop living all together. Moving on is a hard one, but we need to be strong to face the fact. That one person, may have been the world for us at one point of time. But when that person is no longer around, we need to live with the rest of the world around us. We must learn to let go no matter how hard it might be.

- Ted and Robin

Ted is Robin's soul mate. He was the one who found the locket for her. He was the one who stole the blue French horn, he was the one big romance of her life. But they were never meant to be together. But she ended up with Barney, because love is unreasonable that ways, love never works out the way we want to. Love is crazy! When it just doesn't work, you can not force it. But just because they didn't end up together doesn't mean, they stopped caring for each other. 

I found my Ted, but he will always be my Ted and I will always be his Robin. Because that's how life just is.