
“I have been most happier when I got my first job!!!. Now everything seems boring to me….”. I heard a man talking to his friend in our train compartment, as he is talking so loud…
In the entire world, there are people who find only happiness in the big events or big things that happened in their lives such as their first job, marriage, promotion, etc. As a result, they tend to find their lives boring and being unhappy with it. The conversation I heard on that day made me think about how happy I was during my life up to that particular moment. It took me back to my childhood days…
I can’t tell I had a happy childhood, as my most memories up to 4 years were associated with the hospital in our village as I used to get fever and cold frequently and my mom and grandparents rushed me to the hospital often. The doctor was a friendly smiling guy who gave the bitter-tasting medicine which was exactly opposite to his character. Later as I grew up, my routines changed from getting up lazily, not wanting to go to school, sitting lost in maths class, gossiping about our favorite places and actors with friends, waiting for the tasty food which my mom makes for me in the evening, etc. I was never happy with my school as I was weak in maths and the maths teacher usually complain about me to my mother always. I was also not good in sports that created some additional challenges. I was making myself adjust to the hustle-bustle school life and was never happy…
As time passed, I completed my tenth grade and moved to my secondary school for my eleventh grade. As I started meeting my new friends on the first day, there came the lunch break. I saw a girl with smiling face, she is Serin. She excitedly told me that she had “Biriyani” for lunch. I saw a big smile on her face that we all get when we get a ‘Special Award’. I asked her what’s there in a Biriyani to become this happier for lunch. “It’s called..little, little happiness!!!!!” she replied with a big smile on her face… Her words touched my heart deeply, and I began thinking about my past school life. Yes, there were many things for me to be happy at that time, but I didn’t pay attention to it and considered it less important.
During that evening, her words took me back to my childhood. I realized that the beautiful smile of the doctor made me smile too. In my first school, there was a Sanskrit teacher whom I can’t wait to see each day and with whom I had some of the best moments. There was a security uncle who was friendly to all the students. The yoga classes were so relaxing. The dance competitions were festivals. There were some special moments with my friends. Despite all these little happy things I just waited for some big event to make me happy.
After that day, I began finding happier things that happened on each day of my life such as the smile of my school bus driver when I enter the bus, fun with my friends, lunch break, conversations with my teachers, etc. Surprisingly, it all began having a positive impact on my life. I discovered some new skills, I was happy most of the days, my relationships with teachers began taking on a positive side and it provided me the best two-year school life. It also bought more happiness in my home too.
As someone said in a movie, “If we only find happiness in monumental events in our life such as promotion, engagement, marriage etc., we may be happy only four or five times in our entire life!!”. Thus don’t be hesitant to find happiness in the little things…Let it be a delightful conversation with our family, small trips, a sweet smile from a stranger, tastier foods, a feel-good movie with an ice-cream, etc. Later, somewhere in our lives we eventually realize that these little sweet moments made our lives more meaningful. We will automatically find a smile on our faces thinking about those precious moments. Let’s grow more happier day by day…!! 🙂 🙂 :).
