Happiness is not something that comes your way. It is something that depends on what you desire in your life and how you decide to lead it. After beginning my college life, I realized that I had been running after an illusion so far. When we go to high schools, we are told that life gets easy when we start our college life and when the college life becomes our present, we are made to understand that getting placed in a good company is the beginning of our happy lives and this cycle continues on and on... How hard is it to stop and think for a moment about how all of us have been running here and there in order to survive in this cut-throat competition that we face on a daily basis?
Nathaniel Hawthorne has quoted the lines below-
"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
It has been rightfully said that much of the happiness is overlooked because happiness is just like the sand that slips through our fingers in a blink of an eye, the moment when we busy ourselves in pursuing the illusions of worldly desires that never cease to exist in our busy lives.
Is it so hard to be happy? Is it so hard to catch the fleeting moments that may lead to a happy beautiful feeling that life gifts us with? We get so involved in our delusional lives that we fail to admire the gifts that we come across quite often. What have we obtained from such a breathless life where we end up exhausted physically and morally.
There is no happiness 'tomorrow' if we can't be happy in our 'today'. Doesn't it feel good to watch the sun rise slowly in the sky? A serene atmosphere dawns on us leading to a bright morning ahead. Haven't all of us enjoyed the warmth of the sun on chilly Sunday mornings? Sometimes, we do need to give ourselves a break from this monotonous life and do something worth-while. That feeling is really wonderful. After all, every moment should be enjoyed and savoured to the fullest.
Watch a child laugh and smile
You'll feel happy for a while
Let the world push you down
But do come up without a frown
Make each day count
Make every moment matter
Live your life now to its fullest
Don't wait to enjoy in the coming days after...!
Build a circle...
Quickly jump in
Troubles all out
Just happiness within
Smile through your folly
Smile through your way
Smile through your hardships
And brighten up your day.
Y13 Undergraduate, The LNMIIT
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