Think of these moments:
Some day you wake up early in the morning , have a bath and take a stroll on a mud road covered on either side by lush green paddy fields dancing to the tunes of a breeze. The sun is just then opening up in the east and the fog is making way for him. Birds are stepping out of their nests chirping and singing for their routine work. How do you feel? I'm sure you would feel 'Heaven on Earth' especially if you are accompanied by your wife/GF ;-).
You are fast asleep on a sunny afternoon and when you wake up you notice dark clouds covering the sky. It is about to rain but has not rained yet. And that is the first rain of the season. A cool breeze is blowing. A few drops from sky touching the ground spray an aroma that of mud. Minutes later, it rains cats and dogs. When the rain stops, you go with the crowd to watch the near-by stream/river to see how full it is.
You are in your hometown/village and you join with a gang of lilliputs and play Gilli danda/Goli/Lagori etc that you used to play as a kid. You receive punishments promptly, in case you loose(I'm sure you will) like frog jump,sit ups etc just like those lilliputs do. At the end of it you rush back to your home and sit for breakfast. Think how good it might taste since your damn hungry. The same breakfast would have tasted bitter if you had done nothing since morning.
You find an old suitcase at home and out of curiosity you open it and pull out things one by one. You find in it the text books that you had studied in your primary school, the notebooks in which you had written home work and some secret crush names in that last page... which only you can understand.... ;-) The joy that you get is boundless!
These are just a few illustrations of how God has kept Happiness in small things. But most people miss these little ones in their pursuit for Big pleasures. In my opinion, if you learn to enjoy the small pleasures of life then you dont have to chase bigger ones because when you add up all the little ones, they outweigh the Big. Afterall life is so short and you can't afford to waste it chasing the bigger ones. Happiness is the sole motive of every living creature. You work,beg,borrow,steal... just to achieve that. Its upon ourselves to be wiser in choosing between the two.
What do you say?
Some day you wake up early in the morning , have a bath and take a stroll on a mud road covered on either side by lush green paddy fields dancing to the tunes of a breeze. The sun is just then opening up in the east and the fog is making way for him. Birds are stepping out of their nests chirping and singing for their routine work. How do you feel? I'm sure you would feel 'Heaven on Earth' especially if you are accompanied by your wife/GF ;-).
You are fast asleep on a sunny afternoon and when you wake up you notice dark clouds covering the sky. It is about to rain but has not rained yet. And that is the first rain of the season. A cool breeze is blowing. A few drops from sky touching the ground spray an aroma that of mud. Minutes later, it rains cats and dogs. When the rain stops, you go with the crowd to watch the near-by stream/river to see how full it is.
You are in your hometown/village and you join with a gang of lilliputs and play Gilli danda/Goli/Lagori etc that you used to play as a kid. You receive punishments promptly, in case you loose(I'm sure you will) like frog jump,sit ups etc just like those lilliputs do. At the end of it you rush back to your home and sit for breakfast. Think how good it might taste since your damn hungry. The same breakfast would have tasted bitter if you had done nothing since morning.
You find an old suitcase at home and out of curiosity you open it and pull out things one by one. You find in it the text books that you had studied in your primary school, the notebooks in which you had written home work and some secret crush names in that last page... which only you can understand.... ;-) The joy that you get is boundless!
These are just a few illustrations of how God has kept Happiness in small things. But most people miss these little ones in their pursuit for Big pleasures. In my opinion, if you learn to enjoy the small pleasures of life then you dont have to chase bigger ones because when you add up all the little ones, they outweigh the Big. Afterall life is so short and you can't afford to waste it chasing the bigger ones. Happiness is the sole motive of every living creature. You work,beg,borrow,steal... just to achieve that. Its upon ourselves to be wiser in choosing between the two.
What do you say?
3 comments:
I agree that there is happiness in smaller things. But if you don't wish for bigger things, there would be no innovation or development or what ever it is called. If you are happy with the things which you have already, you won't dream big. No dream, no achievement.
My idea here is not to discourage innovation or dreaming big. Whatever you do, you should learn to enjoy doing that. Meanwhile, don't miss the pleasures that are offered FREE of cost by little acts that I have mentioned above. Scientists spend day and night thinking about their subject. If we think they are working hard, they are not. They are actually enjoying doing that.
Very well written
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