GIVE & TAKE..

     What is happiness in your mind? I asked the couple of people what made him/her happy. Their answers were as follows:

·         A big huge Mercedes car.

·         A shopping spree at the mall with no limitations on the money spent.

·         A laptop with the latest hacking software loaded on it and enough money to buy stuff for it.

·         A huge house with a swimming pool, Jacuzzi, fields, horses and big bedrooms, American kitchen.

      The common thread to link them all is money, reputation, latest fads and in one case a huge appetite. The fact is that in today’s modern age, happiness is completely materialistic. It is either linked to selfish interests. For a normal human a good life is one where they earn a lot and have a lot. A good life is not classified by helping others, doing something for charity or enjoying the little things in life.

      Some people believe that this really isn’t something to be worried about. Some parents encourage their children to look at self needs before other’s need for a more productive lifestyle. Slowly but steadily, people are forgetting the true essence of what it means to be happy and content. Desires have gained precedence over altruism.

     Gone are the days when helping out in a charitable organization or watching rain from a window were deemed as the good things in life. Today people looks for air conditioned malls and plush interiors. Remember the times our parents were satisfied by a single samosa of “athanay” or the first rainfall of the season.

     When was the last time you went out and just wet yourself in the rain for the pure pleasure of it, not worrying about your designer clothes? When was the last time you helped a person and feel warmth inside you? When was the last time you were not bored of your laptops, televisions, facebooking and music systems? When was the last time you were happy, just for being alive? When was the last time you were happy about being able to be happy?

     For me happiness is when the people smile because of me. For me happiness is when my parents hold my hands, for me happiness is the process of "GIVE AND TAKE".