The Little Happiness.

The little happiness.

"What is happiness?" wonders my perplexed mind in its most thoughtful phase.After pondering over it for a while, I get a reply. Mind says,"Happiness is when I am happy." "And when are you happy, mister mind?" I ask innocently. Mind replies earnestly, " I am happy, whenever you want me to be." This surprised me. 

After hours of pondering over mind's reply, I understood the message. Happiness is a state of mind , state of peace and state of relaxation. Anything which is sad, depressing, cruel or impolite is the opposite of happiness.

But, then in the world full of heart breaks, cruelty, poverty and dishonesty how am I supposed to keep my mind happy?! And, there came an answer, Happiness lies in the joy of little things. The feeling of first ray of light on your face in the morning. The getting drenched in the first monsoon rains. The thrill and the chills that you get in a roller coaster ride. These things come in our lives as we struggle to grow up, we undermine these small pleasures of life in the search for luxuries.

Have you ever wondered how happy you were when you were a child? Hah! Those carefree days, endless playing,no watch on the clock, mummy's cuddles to dad's dreams, grandfather's gifts to grandma's stories, munching snacks whole day, eating sweets and ice-creams and from anything to everything. Amidst all this we knocked the door of school.

A bit of new learning got submerged into our regular schedule and life was again the same happy go lucky journey. 

As we grew up, we started making friends, watching movies , hanging out with friends and still the glimpse of happiness in the eye remains as it is. Soon we embarked upon the journey to college and then we realized how wonderful our school days were! At every nook and corner of the college we narrated our school stories to our fellow batch mates.Then came the enchanting and most awaited freshers. Along with these changes we were growing，and with that we developed likes and dislikes for people, things,issues. We soon had an important say to almost everything we came across. While following our friends and siblings, we adapted the environment and went on the search of a life partner. We objectified every opposite gender according to our tastes and judged them. With these we finally chose the one that matches our predicament and started proclaiming it as our crush. Soon, came the awaited friendship. The emergence of a happiness when he did something really nice for you. The feeling when his hands touched yours for the first time. The rush that you felt when you first went out with him. The first date. The first long drive. The first feeling of togetherness. It made you feel alive, every tiny moment and you still claim they were the best days of your life.The time when you graduate. The proud eye of parents when you get your first job. Those naive school, college days memories. The happiness is when you see people around you happy with your achievements.

       With the passing time and our wants to achieve our ambitions, we forget the pleasures of these little things and nor do we find time for them. We run on the needle of watch and sometimes even don't value the happiness that we possess. We are so lost in our aspirations that we forget to celebrate our success, relations and the pastimes.The things that truly make us happy.