The Happy Post

I have been smiling for a while now. And guess what? World's best smile comes free! Do I have a reason to smile? Now this is a trick question and the answer is even trickier. I can say that I have absolutely no reason to smile and be happy or I can say I don't really know from where to begin! In both ways, I speak nothing but the truth!

I am blessed with the best parents, pillars of strength as friends, a job that satisfies my out-of-job life, a car that understands my need for speed at certain times, a body that warns me when I don't take care of it, soul awakening books that have been my best teachers and most importantly that special someone who's held my hand and never let it go, come storm, come shine. Yes, this is just tip of the iceberg. I have more than sufficient reasons to smile and celebrate my life. But coming to think of it, I had all of these reasons, all along! Was I blind all the while? I was happy then too but there were ugly pockets of agony raising their curious heads every now and then. I know I must have invited them somehow. But I am unable to point a time and place when I passed this invitation!

This brings me to the first part of my answer. I have no reason for my happiness. I don't believe in reasoning things out. Not coz I would fret over not finding reasons but just coz I believe there are far more important things to concentrate my energies on. Everything in this world can be reasoned out. But its not always worth our efforts. We often find reasons to be happy while the truth remains we need none! Happiness is the basic state of mind.

My companion to office and back home is a backpack. People call it the travel bag coz it is always all flared up like nostrils of a raging bull! Not to forget it can give a body builder some workout for his biceps. Alas, it finds its way and rests on my back giving it a workout which it didn't sign up for! Now you might ask me what would I possibly be carrying in that office bag of mine that makes me hunch like an old witch preparing magic potions! You have to believe me on this - I DON'T KNOW!

The only things I am sure of finding in my bag every time I dive in it are water bottle, a book, lunch box(es) wallet and a comb. (mentioned in the order of importance!) Knowing my weight lifting abilities the above mentioned items are not enough to burden me. (I am tough, you know!) Yet every time I put the backpack on, I go - Damn, am I taking a baby elephant on a ride???

Now that you think I might have told you something that you probably have no interest in, lemme give you an analogy. My backpack with basic amenities is like a natural state of mind. It's just about the right weight and ensures I am not bogged down. I have what I need, I have what I can handle without slipping on the path ahead. I am happy. Then I start adding things into my backpack.

 Do I need them? I don't know.
Will I use them? I may never.
Can I handle the extra weight? I can't.


In spite of a negative response to all of the above, will I still retain them in my bag? Oh yeah!

You see what I've done? For reasons inexplicable, I have burdened myself. I know it's gonna bring me no good. But yet I am not agreeing to part away with things that may cause me agony. This thought crossed my head when I was frantically rummaging through the mess in my bag to find my wallet! My basic, important thing lost in the mess that occupies my bag.

In similar way, I have side-tracked the important things in life, running behind illusions which I thought would bring me happiness. Probably they might. I don't really know. But what I do know is a bird in hand is worth two in the bush! Dreaming is good, but sacrificing the core stuff for hoping to achieve those dreams is not worth!

How may times have we weighed down your minds and hearts with things that we aren't even sure of? How many times have we over looked the happiness and health smiling at us, to reach a delusional ecstasy? You don't need reasons for anything - happiness or sadness. If you really wanna live your dreams, you need to be happy in your present, live every moment of it, experience each joy the present has to offer and work towards your calling, with a happy heart. Don't look for reasons to be happy, give happiness enough reason to find you and never let go of you.

P.S : Practicing what I just preached, task for this weekend would be clearing my backpack!