SHEDDING TEARS

Life is not a bed of roses or a leisure walk in our lawns - it is full of adventures with so many ups and downs. When we strive to rise, we may slip and fall for what is it to rise if we haven't fallen. Indeed, falling is sad and discouraging but is it everlasting? Well, that depends on us. We and only we decide, for how long would we linger with the fall and when we will begin striving again for the rise.

When we fall, it is natural to cry, to shed tears and throw the burdensome grief off our heart. For how long should we cry - as long as a child cries after falling, as long as the ripple stays in water. As per the scientific studies, emotional pain lasts for less than a hour and the rest is the production of our mind. If it is emotionally painful to fall after so many efforts, then we would actually feel the pain for less than a hour. 

Shedding tears is good and we should shed tears but only for short periods of time. Excessive crying is vain and usually a choice. Talking of choosing to cry, we can choose to cry for the rest of our life and our state will only go worse than any better. 

If crying had ever been a solution, then there would have been no problems. But fortunately or unfortunately, rising up again and striving again takes us to a solution. We all are given the option of making the fall everlasting or immaterial, a lot depends on which choice we make.

HAPPINESS

A small child with a little or no knowledge of this world is often happy, keeps laughing stupidly and making happy sounds. His happiness twinkles in his small eyes and an aura is formed around him. His happiness is independent of whatever happens in his surroundings. He is happy because that is all he could be.

If you ever wish to see happiness at close quarters, do not go to a saint or meditation centre, go to a child. If you ever wish to be happy and nothing else, be happy like a child. Free your happiness from the shackles of a human, an animal or an event. Happiness is not lying in a beautiful lady next door or a handsome guy, on whom you have a secret crush. No, it is not lying in successful completion of an important project or a great party, lots of alcohol and chocolates. It is lying in the depth of a small portion in your body, which you call heart. How deep, it depends on you!

Once a beggar meets an ambitious fellow, who wished to conquer the world and the curious beggar asked him, “Sir, what will you do once you conquer the world?” “Oh poor beggar, I will be happy and live with satisfaction,” replied the fellow. On that the beggar laughed and said, “You need to conquer the whole world to be happy and contentious. Here, I have not conquered anything and still I am happy an d contentious”

You do not need anything to be happy. Your happiness should be independent of whatever happens in your surroundings. However, I am not saying that ignorance is good – be aware and learn to balance your awareness with your ignorance. Do stupid things for life is a small journey through the worldly fare. Most importantly, reason or not, smile and laugh and the miracles will happen!