Tiny Joys!!

"Cheerfulness oils the machinery of life." How true! But how can one manufacture cheerfulness? Indeed...it is an art! One needs to notice and acknowledge that even the tiniest incidents in life can contain moments of immortal pleasure and happiness. Whereas on one hand a goal in life is a must, recognising the ultimate ecstacy that god gifts us in little joys of life is, if not more, then at least equally important!

In today's fast pace urbane life, there is a huge competition to reach the peak in every sphere, which often compells us to divert our minds from the little joys of daily life, and makes us work like heartless machines, anticipating the arrival of a "larger than life" moment, when we achieve our goals.

Nowadays, people are forgetting the concept of happiness. It is often misunderstood as entertainment. Talk about the small pleasures of life and one instantly get reminded of a program on television or the idea of hitting a nightclub. No doubt, all these things are stress relievers, but they do not make you "happy" in the true sense on the word.

"Time and tide waits for none." It is the present that is the most important. Thus, while we should plan and work for a bright future, we should also remember that the present is for us to relish the unique taste of life and be HAPPY !!

Progress

Progress is to human life what struggle is to a prey, to escape its hunter. This is because just as a prey, which gets all the essential amenities to sustain life is still not satisfied in the shackles of entrapment, even we humans, strive always for success….to break the barriers….and explore the unexplored.

The hunger to succeed has always been an innate quality of humans, for if it hadn’t been so, then man’s dreams of reaching the moon would still have been an imagination. Furthermore, it is only due to the immense progress in the field of communication, that man today, can talk to a person in another corner of the earth, almost as soon as he thinks of him!

But as we all know, that nature is reciprocal, hence man has not always progressed for the better. No doubt, one of the most important factors behind strengthening the evil powers of the world, most of all, terrorism, is due to development in weapons of mass destruction. What more, by the use of a single hydrogen bomb, civilizations which take centuries to come to their present stature are destroyed within seconds! This compels us to think that is this why man progressed? It is true to claim that man is on the path of becoming a “super-satan” rather than a “super-human”.
The loss of life is surely incomparable to the greatest of innovations made by us, for the basic purpose of progress is to enhance the quality of human life, and not eliminate it. Thus, there is no doubt to the fact that the progress made by man today is worth appreciating, but the side-effects of these progresses sometimes overpower the actual aim of the progress itself. Hence, ending on an optimistic note, we still have time to make up for all the problems we have created for ourselves by giving progress a whole new meaning, which comprises of the welfare of human life as well as mother earth

Achievement or Posession?

The glittering eyes of young children reflect their enthusiasm to achieve their dreams. As we grow up into teenagers, our mind gets acquainted to various other things. We understand that we can’t achieve our dreams by merely dreaming. Being humans, we err, and aren’t quite successful in putting our best. Gradually, we come to know that reality has another aspect, called compromise, which follows failure. Every individual, barring a few , has an equal share of luck. It’s just that while some are motivated, others get distracted. Distraction leads to failure, which in turn, results in making compromises. But then, in our hearts and minds, we still want to achieve what we always desired for all our lives, which calls for frustration, and ultimately the desire to possess what we couldn’t achieve. While achievement is to receive something we deserve, possession is to capture something we merely desire. But of these two, it is achievement that grants satisfaction to the individual, whereas possession just guarantees an everlasting guilt, with no piece of mind. The cause that leads to the choice between the two is attitude. A positive attitude encourages us to achieve our goal in spite of failures, provided, we don’t repeat our mistakes and stay focused. A negative attitude, on the other hand, makes us weaker, by infusing in us the wish to possess things to lessen the pain, but instead this pain and dissatisfaction increase with every possession that we don’t deserve. Thus, we shouldn’t ever give up, and continue to persevere for achieving our goals. Success might come late, but by listening to our conscience, satisfaction will forever dwell in our souls, which is the most important quality to lead a happy and a meaningful life..

The Battle

A legion of soldiers of the opposing army, and a single person facing it all alone on the battlefield. All that he has got is his inner army, the dream to win, and the aim to conquer all odds. This opposing army is nothing, but life, and the person is none other than you. Maybe my thoughts reflect the attitude of a loser or maybe of an incapable person hoping to achieve a lot more than she ever can. But since it’s my life, so I am entitled to think that my views actually describe the truth, if not of winners, then surely of would-be winners. So, I would like to come back to my point. Well, many may say that it isn’t life that we have to conquer, but the troubles in life are the ones that need to be taken care of. While I am not so pessimistic as to say that life in itself is a huge trouble, but I do feel that it is a torturous tunnel. Even in times of happiness, there is either the thought of another trouble marring our joys, or a guilt within us that keeps on saying that we are not entitled to be happy.
True happiness appears to be a myth, like true love….a divine illusion. Speaking of love, all that I’ve experienced till now is attraction. Not merely physical, but an emotional attraction. Maybe an attraction is the first step of love. But like my goals, being committed also seems to be a distant dream. It’s all very vague and childish, but it’s what I feel. Maybe I am a shallow girl, but my life is just as valuable to me as a mature person’s life is to him. And, when I am affected and hurt by certain things, immaterial of the fact that however senseless or foolish they are, I am as sad as an elderly person would be due to his complex problems.
When you are passionate about something, you don’t get the opportunity to do it. And, when you are all worn out, you are told to do just exactly the same thing, but by that time, you become your own enemy. You inflict pain on yourself by not giving your best shot. But in conflicting amongst you own self, you forget that the real battle is out of you, it’s the world that you’ve got to win, and pulling yourself down is the worst thing that you can do to yourself. It is a sin, don’t commit it.