Happiness

What do you require to be happy…………. Love, passion, faith, courage, positivity, or just the feeling of being happy and blessed.

One life to live, make it big – hold so true, but we conveniently over look the basics. Yes we all have troubled times, sorrow, agony, hatred…….. but we also have love, good people, happy moments, blessed parents, loving spouse, adorable children. In times of pain and suffering we scream, “Why Lord, Why me?”, but do we ever scream the same words in our happier and good times.

Reflect: If we didn’t have our share of pain and suffering, then how would we enjoy and cherish the feeling of happiness. How would we leverage the best out of life without the blend of joy and sorrow? Can you imagine life with death, who you the sun shine if it didn’t drown, only good no evil……… with this state of affair, I can only think of one word “CATASTROPHE”. Yes, it is the thumb rule of this universe, if you wake up to see the sun shine, you are bound to see night fall, if you are ailing in sickness, you will healed. You have an antidote to everything in life.

Let’s make this simpler – name one living being who is happy with everything life has in store for him, who has no complaints, either any suffering or sorrow……………. Ostensibly the answer will be “NO”, because everybody is bound to his share of grief, the rich, the poor, your friends, children, your relative, neighbours, elders, employers, employees to the extent we the prime minister or the president.
Our universe is made of these components, day & night, good & evil, happiness & sadness, black & white, beautiful & ugly, Adam-Eve & the deceptive serpent. All this has been there long before we even came to existence.

So, hence it is time we rise beyond our sufferings and pain, only to understand, make an effort and learn that Life is beautiful – it is how you take out of it, it is how you portray it to be, like the famous proverb goes “ Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder”.

Science teaches - When your response to an event is negative or stressful, you blood pressure rises, platelets become sticker, white blood cells mobilize and cortisol levels increases. By contrast, when you have a positive attitude or indeed when you fall in love, exercise or laugh a lot, you produce endorphins that have positive effect on your immune system which makes you feel happier.

By being happy will my problem solve? No, definitely not, but by being positive and keeping an open mind, you certainly gather the courage to fight back, it helps to face challenges and accept life gracefully.

We should try and not make our problems bigger than life or ourselves – instead take a while and realize the gift of life we have been bestowed with – being mentally sane, physically fit, well-educated, intellectual, sensibility, people who have faith in us, who rely upon us and mostly people who love us.

We need to spend your time in ponder over the solutions to our problems rather than brooding over it. So wake up from your slumber sleep to a wonderful life you have and see the good you are surrounded by.

Let me tell you something – when I’m amidst my troubles and pain, I gracefully smile at it, accept and say “Thank you, Thank you for giving me the strength to fight back and for most of all giving me the hope to see a new day”.

“Dance like no one is watching; Sing like no one is listening, Love like it will never hurt and Live like its heaven on earth.”

- Happy Soul