Everyone everywhere seeks happiness, its true,
But finding it and keeping it seems difficult to do,
Difficult because we think happiness is found
Only in places where wealth and fame abound
And so we go on searching in places of pleasure
Seeking recognition and monetory treasure
Unaware that happiness is just a state of mind
Within the reach of everyone who takes time to be kind
For in making other's happy, we'll be happy too
For the happiness you give away, returns to shine on you.
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Far easier said than done, i say.
If happiness was just a state of mind, then we could all be happy all the time. All we need to this tell ourselves every morning we get up "Today i have decided to be happy and nothing can change that". Well it ain't as simple as that, is it now. And moreover, if we are happy all the time, wouldn't it just undermine the value of happiness?How would we know what happiness actually means when we have never realized the absense of it.So one needs to be sad sometimes to truly appreciate happiness (ain't a very happy thought i know... :P). A lot of people say "I am happy with all the little gifts this life has to offer." Well...whom are you kidding!!!
Aren't we as human beings always striving for something better. We always want more from life.Be it in terms of happiness, friends, money,love,comfort,etc etc.There never seems to be enough of any of these.The love you have for someone isn't enough for them. The amount of money you earn, the kind of job you have, the people around you....it's never fucking good enough, is it?
We set targets in our life. By the time am 21, i want this and this. By the time am 30, i should have all this.We sulk at life when we don't get what we want from it. And even if we get it, we want even more.
Other animals don't. I mean, take for example a dog. Its more than happy scratching it's head with it's paw, chasing it's own tail and eating whatever is offered to it.It doesn't strive for anything more.It doesn't even know what turning 21 means.
But we are a greedy species. "If this thing was a little different, it would be so perfect". "If only i could get that..oh how happy i would be". "How i wish i could have the life he has".We are always looking for things outside our everyday lives.We are always looking for that something extra which would complete our otherwise not-so-complete life.
We set targets in our life. By the time am 21, i want this and this. By the time am 30, i should have all this.We sulk at life when we don't get what we want from it. And even if we get it, we want even more.
Other animals don't. I mean, take for example a dog. Its more than happy scratching it's head with it's paw, chasing it's own tail and eating whatever is offered to it.It doesn't strive for anything more.It doesn't even know what turning 21 means.
But we are a greedy species. "If this thing was a little different, it would be so perfect". "If only i could get that..oh how happy i would be". "How i wish i could have the life he has".We are always looking for things outside our everyday lives.We are always looking for that something extra which would complete our otherwise not-so-complete life.
Is there anything wrong in this, i ask?
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Ankesh i differ from ur belief tht happiness is not jus a state of mind.Ya but its true tht not all of it is under our control..and another point is tht happiness wil lose its value if we r always happy...it makes sense to hav troughs and crests...but biggest irony of lif is no1 wants to accept it.and y should we accept it...thts only thing tht seprates us from those of dogs.
crazy little lif yaar..
happiness and sadness..
go hand in hand..
hmmm...even i wish that it was so easy to be happy. But there are times, no matter how hard you try to change the state of mind, you just cant.And thats why i say that happiness is not just a state of mind....its something way more!
and about we being different from dogs, well if the ultimate aim in life is to be happy and content, then why differ from them eh!(although i would like to add here that i myself don't believe in this...am just asking you... :P)
i get ur point...n i suggest u write abt this topic also...wht ppl expect u to be..while they r notihn of tht sort...u wil hav som very gud points to write abt lol...
@shoe stringz...well who would know this better than you haan .. :P
But then i have also realised this...there will always be people who will love you for what you are and there also will be people who would hate you, and sometimes hate you bad..just for the way you are.
And well...how much ever you want everyone to love you, its just not possible.
PS: and then there's a third kind as well....those who love you a lot initially, but then suddenly stop doing so. :P..happens i guess....
i agree with your thoughts but it is not only me it you too who wants lots of things from life.....thats y i think elderly people used to say "try to be happy with what you have" i hope it would have worked on mee......
The more the hardships u face, the lesser it takes to make u happy...
@anon:thanks for the comment but next time please use a name...nething wud do..and when did i say i dont want things from life...even i belong to Homo Sapiens species !! and as far as what elder's used to say....never works..did not work for them (thats why they said it in the first place)..and wont work for us as well..
@thor: agreed...but still you would always need something more,however less.(is that a paradoxical statement i just made?? :P)
Hey, thanks for linking me! :) The poem is nice, innit? Though, ehe, your views on 'happiness' certainly don't cheer me up much :| Don't mind me, am just tired *yawn*
I dont kno y i felt this need to comment on this particular post of yours..finding it by google then finally lookin for this blog..but probably this was the feelin wht i m havin now..might hav made u rite this..so no other time can be more apt for this..ya i wish moods could be controlled so easily..happiness jus as easy as it sounds...but when u sittin in this cubicle of mine n wonderin ..wht actually matters to u...n wht u hav followed whole lif..the principles..to achieve this sadness...r worth it or not..jus this cant be the whole truth..is it tht at the end of day only thing tht matters is happiness at cost of nethin...??dont kno ..
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