Can we claim that we are
really happy?
In our quest for happiness are
we walking on a relevant road leading to our cherished destination?
Or we are adapting to an
illusion, thinking that we are reaching this destination and will be happy ever
after.
Probably the concept of what
is ‘Being happy’ has not yet been understood by us in its true essence. We have
picked up a short route, getting convinced and consumed by consumerism of
modern age. Are we not in a fierce
competition of hoarding physical assets, thereafter showcasing our possessed
glitter and glamour to the world; imposing upon others to believe, happiness is
easily make-able like making instant coffee. In thinking so are we not being engulfed
in a black hole of virtual reality? Can we deny the truth of creating a situation,
of becoming bundles of unhappy beings, tussling in chaotic realms, unable to
tune with our inner and outer worlds. In consequence, we are making happiness
look like a mirage, never attainable.
Chanie Gorkin, an 11th grader of Brooklyn, NY opines-
One can be happy when
the world around is good.
the world around is good.
Psychosomatic illnesses arising
from distorted image of deriving happiness has already ruined many of us. This
malady has now turned endemic. Our decline is so steep that Futurists are
programming the children, offering courses on happiness. Researchers are
spending sleepless nights exploring possibilities to real happiness.
Swami Vivekananda, the great
sage and thinker of Modern India commented once---
Help comes from within us,
We answer the prayers
ourselves.
His words are so relevant
which make us to reflect. We have become intellectual giants but emotional
dwarfs. For we are totally alien to the world, our emotions, that reside within
us. To nurture this potential, in order to achieve a state of happiness;
requires thoughtful and organized efforts. First, we actually wish to be happy,
this need is to be acknowledged. Second, our relevant endeavour to nurture this
need. Third, we need to practise and attain a state of happiness.
Surrendering the efforts half
way, with misleading thoughts; that the effort is dropped in an ocean of chaos,
will prove self-sabotaging. Actions generated from this state of equilibrium
and mind will then permeate outside, creating a world much vibrant and an abode
for human beings. The choice of making a world of this vision rests upon our
attitude.
Elevating our inner world is
the way to happiness and abundant life.
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