PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS...

Ever wondered why some people around you are so happy and content with their lives while others are found cursing all the time.Does life treat them both differently giving joy to one and tough time to the other?? Do we have to blame life and our world and hold it completely responsible for every bad event we have to face? or is it just the 'we' who are responsible for what the outcome is at the end of the day.? Man is the funniest animal on earth.Everything we do,all the hard work,all our achievements,our struggles..everything is directed towards gaining an ever-lasting happiness and a problem-free life .In this quest ,we forget a very simple rule of our existence that nothing in the world can give us the satisfaction if we fail to find it hidden in our heart.Let me try to put it in the simplest of ways i possibly can.
                                   'Only you are responsible for your happiness'
 The events of mixing,grinding,breaking ,polishing that life makes us go through are same for everyone.No soul on this earth can ever live a completely worry-free life.its a universal law and applies to all.Though the situations may be different. we all must pass through the pain and remorse..of professional failures to loss of dear ones,heart breaking end to ambitions to tragic misunderstandings..Everything you see around you, be it living in a form of parents,beloved,friends to nonliving as big house ,luxurious cars, are just the cards used by time to try your soul.These factors can never be held responsible for our happiness & satisfaction.Unfortunately we little human beings associate our felicity with these tools and in achieving these goals,we start EXPECTING more from them to deliver us the joy and forget a very simple answer to searching happiness that it resides within us.
 But there are those who know the answer to finding inner peace and satisfaction.You see them around you giggling,enjoying ,making jokes,trying their best to have good little moments despite the fact that they are treated hard by time too.They absorb all the pressures that time and age has to offer and stand tall in the most beautiful of fashions and never let the events in life take them down.They are like those floating ducks in the lake..peaceful from outside but just below the apparently calm surface a continous noisy paddling is driving them forward.
 The counterparts on the other hand keep on searching for satisfaction in the world,money and relationships and keep on expecting more and more from these poor items of time which in the end fail to deliver them the inner peace.
Rumi puts it this way.
 THE WASP AND BEE FEED FROM THE SAME FOOD SOURCE;
 FROM ONE THERE COMES THE STING,FROM ONE COMES HONEY.
 BOTH TYPES OF DEER WILL FEED ON PLANTS AND WATER;
 FROM ONE COMES DUNG,FROM ONE THE PUREST MUSK.
 BOTH TYPES OF CANE ARE DRINKING FROM ONE SOURCE;
THIS ONE IS EMPTY,THAT ONE FULL OF SUGAR.
 Nature has been very kind in making Happiness a relative term.In a hot summer day,one may find it comfortable sitting in an airconditioned room while the other would be lying in a cold tree shade outside thanking God for His blessings.A mercedez owner will find it hard to sit in a public van while a poor pedestrian would see the same van as a blessing from God.though both will be in the same state,one would be cursing,one would be satisfied and happy.It is all relative.
 LIFE IS A CONSTANT.OUR PERCEPTION IS NOT! that is why we see such a diversity of thoughts and personalities.All feeding from the same source.But outcomes are different.Some become wise in the end if they percieve accurately .Others fall short and we judge these shortcomings in their decisions in life.
 So my friends,in your PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS,never forget that it lies within you.You just have to understand the reality of things around you and not expect from others to give you what you are looking for.Search yourself out and you'll get the
answers provided your heart is free and mind open.

DREAM FOLLOWERS OR DREAM HOLLOWERS

Maturity..a word that separates the two worlds we live in..the world we create in our hearts and the real one..the world of dreams and the world of practicality..

During the course of our life,we make certain important decisions..decisions that define our very existence..that challenge our very instincts ..instincts that man has been blessed with but scummed for..age defines maturity..thats the normal perception in our society..unfortunately that’s the truth but not the whole truth..maturity of mind comes with experiences..the more eventful your life is, the faster you grow..you cannot leave everything on age and ignore the remarkable force you have in youth to achieve your desires.

What I have learnt in my life is that the more emotionless a decision is,the more mature it is considered by people.this is the biggest tragedy.yes emotions do influence our decisions but it’s the same emotions that serve as a driving force in accomplishing what a dead heart mature man would find impossible to achieve.

And so this biggest gift to you from God in the form of feelings,beliefs,love and faith is given the slightest of importance when taking a decision..they say when you become too wise,you lose your heart and mind directs you towards logics and logics never apply to faith.logics only support godlessness and atheism.

I might be under-rating maturity of mind too much.but my point is its not a rule to be mature and emotionless.maturity of mind can exist with a dreamful heart.what matters is how you look at life.before making a decision,you must'nt  only  see the peak of the mountain ..you must  realise the extent of commitement,passion and energy building in your heart to reach that peak.and if you find yourself passionate enough about it ….then what are you waiting for..tie up your laces and give it a shot. once you reach that peak,that goal in life…your selfconfidence would be booming to such sublime heights that a dead emotionless heart cannot even think of..

And so you divide the world between idealists and realists.the former being  the strong hearted who rise to follow their dreams no matter how hard life knocks them down and the latter ones who find it easier to just stay back and accept what is and what isn’t..the question my friends is are you a dream follower or a dream hollower…..