Money,
Love, Power, Fame, Respect! In our efforts to earn something that we think our
heart desires, we are all looking for our own versions of happiness. A 26-year
old graduate working 14 hours a day trying to reach a 6 figure salary, thinks
he can be happy if he has money enough to buy him anything he lays his eyes on.
A 16-year
old girl in love with a boy for the past 10 years, thinks if he falls in love
with her then she can be happy.
The 65-year
old politician fighting for the Chief Minister’s position, thinks he can be
happy once he attains the power to rule lakhs of people.
The 29-year
old struggling actor running between producers and directors day and night,
thinks she can be happy once she earns that fame that she has always longed
for.
The 45-year
old father thinks he can be happy when his son graduates as an engineer from
the most prestigious institute, earning respect from the entire society. What
is common among these souls?... They are all craving for Happiness; or rather
We are all craving for the day we can truly be Happy and remain in that feeling
eternally.
One lesson
that life teaches us since the day we are born, is that change is ever
constant. Today you may be happy you bought a new super bike, but tomorrow you
may be in the hospital getting your accident wounds bandaged. We learn that the
state of being happy isn’t eternal as we all hope for it to be.
Then why do
we still run after it? It’s either our ignorance of the obvious truth or our
laziness to learn otherwise. We lead our lives like a broken record, endlessly
embarking on the journey to find boundless happiness, only to find that life is
a roller coaster ride, where worries, sorrow, disappointment and heart-break
are a part of the package.
If happiness
isn’t what we should look for then what do we look for? What should we wake up
every day and work hard for? If happiness isn’t our goal then what is?......
PEACE.
In our
heads the idea of happiness and peace are nearly the same. We believe that when
we attain happiness, we attain peace. But is it? A simple illustration can
teach us the difference between Happiness and Peace. Imagine you are in love
with someone and haven’t expressed your heart’s emotions to them. One day you
wake up and decide you want to finally reveal your feelings to them.
If your
wish is to be happy, you will pray a million prayers that your love will
express their love for you too. In your head your ‘Happily Ever After” will
finally come true. But there is another side to this truth. If the other person
doesn’t love you back, you are left alone to drown in your tears of sadness.
The f expectation of being happy, leads to disappointment.
When you express
your feelings for the person, if attainment of peace is your goal, then the
outcome of this endeavour is insignificant. Whether they love you back or not,
you accept the truth and accept peace in your heart. If what you wished for
didn’t come to you today, then there is always a tomorrow. That is the truth of
life! With peace in your heart no sorrow in the world can bring a tear to your
eye
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I should have read this earlier post first before responding to your latest one :)
ReplyDeleteI can see that your quest to understand happiness is very strong. I can see that you are actually asking yourself this question and not in the rhetorical sense - because you want it too.
You have in the middle of the your blog struck some golden words that get erased eventually when your line of argument changes.
I sense this debate happening between the dichotomy, that is you. You will find the answers eventually little one ! As you experience life more and more, sometimes the answers are staring you in the face, but we don't see it because of the conditioning we are all subjected to.
Your journey is just beginning and you have several decades of experiences to go through. I believe that we all find the answers we search for - sometimes it lies beside us, if we take the trouble of looking down.
I am reminded of the saying .... " Stretching out his hands to catch the stars, he forgets the flowers at his feet."
Cheers!