'Happiness' is what we thrive for day and night. We watch movies to keep us in a different world of happiness. We drink to elevate us to state of happiness. Rather the apt explanation will be, we constantly make efforts to change the state in which we are currently in. The more easily it’s achieved, the better. We don’t want to break our brains over it either. A small exercise which we all should do at some point in our life.( this is not one of our usual HR exercises. )Listing what will make us happy now.
Well i know there will be one or two points about career. One or two points about making more money or buying something. If u are floating between 20- 30.. there is element of finding your true love. Because after 30 if u havent found u lose hope. Well the list dosent stop there. Make another list, what has made u happy when you were young. Young is the earliest u remember about urself. Well the real essence comes out when you compare it. Am sure, the list will be mutually exclusive. It was for me at least. If i think about it, i love the sea, i can sit days watching the waves and play in the sand, i derived happiness from it when i was 5. I love to play with my friends and talk to them for hours, chit chat something or the other. i love cycling early in the morning when there is no traffic just to see the sunrise and breathe fresh air. The mutual exlusivity which i told, does that mean that i dont derive happiness from all these small yet beautiful activities any more?? Nooo!!! Its just that i forgot, or i dint realise that i used to enjoy all these things and I dont do it anymore.
I am not going to say that probably u ll realise this when you die. Maybe the last thought we might have when we die might be " great! finally the day has arrived!" or maybe " do i look good now?? what if look the same without any change in afterlife??" I read a quote long time back and it has been my favorite ever since "Happiness lies not in things but in taste." Probably we should give some thought it by taking a break from our never ending search. It might serve as a compass.
Well i know there will be one or two points about career. One or two points about making more money or buying something. If u are floating between 20- 30.. there is element of finding your true love. Because after 30 if u havent found u lose hope. Well the list dosent stop there. Make another list, what has made u happy when you were young. Young is the earliest u remember about urself. Well the real essence comes out when you compare it. Am sure, the list will be mutually exclusive. It was for me at least. If i think about it, i love the sea, i can sit days watching the waves and play in the sand, i derived happiness from it when i was 5. I love to play with my friends and talk to them for hours, chit chat something or the other. i love cycling early in the morning when there is no traffic just to see the sunrise and breathe fresh air. The mutual exlusivity which i told, does that mean that i dont derive happiness from all these small yet beautiful activities any more?? Nooo!!! Its just that i forgot, or i dint realise that i used to enjoy all these things and I dont do it anymore.
I am not going to say that probably u ll realise this when you die. Maybe the last thought we might have when we die might be " great! finally the day has arrived!" or maybe " do i look good now?? what if look the same without any change in afterlife??" I read a quote long time back and it has been my favorite ever since "Happiness lies not in things but in taste." Probably we should give some thought it by taking a break from our never ending search. It might serve as a compass.
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