Happiness implies.....??

Reading this must have evoked a number of memories?? A fun holiday with family, get-together with school friends or a movie with your sweetheart – each individual has his/her own definition of happiness. While I am writing this, I came up with my own.

For me, happiness lies in small, little things. I wake up late in the morning and my sister is ready with a delicious breakfast and a healthy lunch to carry office – this is happiness; I went to office and I was praised for my work – this is happiness; it’s my birthday and my parents gave a surprise visit to my house – this is happiness.

Small little things have the power to bring smile on your face which, many times, a visit to a 5-star restaurant cannot bring.

Happiness is absolute and pure. It’s about how you look at things and how you deal with your problems. It’s just a state of mind which helps you think much more than the lower part of your life. 

It’s about loving what you have rather than cribbing for what you don’t have. It makes you enjoy the smallest things in your life.

There’s nothing that can beat the joy and happiness we gain from the simplest things in our life. In short, happiness is not an emotion, it’s a choice we all should make.

An Every-time Failing Plan

                                           

Engrossed in my work at office, my phone vibrates to distract me and as expected it’s my di who has pinged me. Unlike the regular forwarded messages, this time the pop-up showed something new. And guess what, my lazy sister was in a mood to hang-out. I was amazed to see her message but soon I recalled a few of her previous plans that had never turned into reality.

Let me introduce you to my sister. She is my caretaker, she is my boss, she is my guide and she is my life! She loves making plans and simultaneously, loves to stay at home. Ask her for a hang-out on a weekend and her instant answer would be a big ‘no’. She would say, ‘I would rather love to stay at home and sleep rather than wasting hours on roads or at a mall’. And then, I am left wondering why you even make plans when you can never execute them?

But then, never mind! It’s her routine habit. Making and breaking plans is a part of her daily schedule. It’s Wednesday and this time, the planning has been done for Saturday. Let’s see whether the plan actually turns into reality and I enjoy a great time with my sister or the plan remains to be a dream and succumbs to failure.    

Are They From Mars??

It was my colleague’s engagement and I, along with a friend, walked into a party organized at Hyatt, one of the luxurious 5-star hotels in New Delhi. It was a niche-class event. To be honest, I was a bit astonished to see the arrangements at the venue. It was my first time experience of a luxurious and A-class party. The décor had been done to perfection and the ambiance was quite elegant. The men in black and women in red were all around the lounge holding champagne glasses gracefully. The soft music played at the background accompanied their discussions on all the ‘relevant’ stuffs in their lives, from business turnovers to latest fashion trends.

The charming couple of the eve soon entered the venue. It was the time to give their relationship a new start. Frankly, the occasion of the eve resembled a puppet game show where rings were exchanged with nil amusement and fun. 

At first, I quite enjoyed noticing the habits and etiquettes of the ‘elite’ class society but very soon all this turned down to be boring and mundane for me. I started looking around for something interesting. Some fun, some music, some games! But, all in vain!

Giving it a thought, I realized that the crowd I was surrounded with belongs to some other world. I started questioning myself, do I belong to some other planet or are they from Mars? For me, an engagement of a sibling or a friend would be more about having fun, music and masti. I cannot be a moron and discuss about my official stuff at a place where fun is the priority.

Very soon, I decided to bid adieu to the place and find peace at my home. Though, a good experience to recall for a lifetime, the fun quotient which every individual would expect from a celebration was zero. I wish a very happy and cheerful life to my beloved colleague and wish she would know the real meaning of celebration and fun someday in her lifetime.