The little baby gurgled and made a
screeching sound when her mother kept playing with her. She went on non-stop.
After sometime her mother became tired and stopped the game. But the little one
kept calling for attention by making sounds. The baby was in a perfect state of
happiness. I was watching all of this and kept wondering why we lose this
happiness as an adult. Children don’t need a reason to be happy. They can
happily play by themselves for hours. Happiness should be in the small things
of life. But as adults, we wait for big things to happen in life for us to even
smile.
“Happiness is in the small things of
life
Success is in the big things of
life.” – mahatria Ra
On the contrary, we should have a big
goal life. We shouldn’t be contented with small achievements. Of course, we
need to celebrate every milestone in our life. But we should aim to make it
very big in life. This is as far as our achievements are concerned. But when it
comes to happiness, we shouldn’t wait for something big to happen. The
toothless grin of your child, the little pup jumping on you when you return
home, helping an elderly person to cross the road, cooking your child’s
favourite meal, attending to your aged parents, and many such things should
certainly bring a smile to your face. All the little joys in life should never
be missed. It is not just the Oscars that bring joy to an actor, but every milestone
that he crossed, that gave him immense happiness.
We sulk for so many things. We easily
lose our happiness. If someone has more than us, or somebody looks better than
us, someone scores more marks than us, or someone gets paid more than us, or someone lives in a beautiful house, or
someone drives a luxury car, or you didn’t get what you desired, or you felt
let down by your friend, or you don’t enjoy a good relationship, or you didn’t
get the marks you expected or the life partner you wished, and the list can go
on, in our otherwise peaceful life. Small things disturb us. Even if we are
disturbed, which is human, we should not reman disturbed.
How do we ensure that we don’t remain
disturbed? By becoming aware that we are disturbed. Any negative emotion pulls
us down. We forget to smile. We should not dwell in that feeling for long. We
should immediately think of the good moments in our life, and smile. When we do
this constantly or every time we are upset or disappointed or angry, we can
eventually learn to manage our emotions. For each one, our happiness is derived
from different things. Dressing up glamorously, receiving attention and
appreciation, getting promotions, gossiping, hanging around with friends, or investing
quality time with the family, watching a movie, helping others, selfless living,
being grateful, etc. Find out what takes away your happiness. We live only
once. Why should we live unhappily? Find out where your happiness leak is and
fix it. Live a jolly good life. Nothing or nobody is worth losing your
happiness. You are too precious. Your happiness should be a premium. It is
priceless. Decide to be happy. There is no way to Happiness. Happiness is the
way. Live life happily. Say cheese!!!
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