The Little Things That Mean A Lot..

I have heard many complain about not being able to make someone close to them happy. They told me that they tried buying everything from the most expensive watch to taking them to one of the costliest restaurants in the city. But, what they were actually doing was to measure their loved one’s joy in terms of money. There is a lot of happiness, free of cost, lying there for everyone to cherish. But no one ever tries to find out what that is.

The smell of a new day that slowly creeps into your balcony as you open the windows early in the morning when the sun rises lazily to spread its hue gives you the sense of joy and the energy to start the day especially when it mixes with the aroma of a cup of hot and fresh filter coffee.

A stroll along the beach one cool evening, with the sky decorated with the setting sun and the early stars, as the waves hit the shore and retrieve back gently touching your feet giving a chill through your body every time it touches you, gives all the happiness in the world than a walk through the expensive stores in the mall emptying your pockets on the branded stuff.

Spending your evening in the terrace from where you can see the tops of all the trees in your locality, hearing happy-chirping of different kinds of birds, spreads divine happiness in me as I slowly savour the taste of hot tea flavoured with ginger and elaichi. Sometimes if I am lucky, I get to see a pair of pigeons staging a romantic show or fighting over for a handful of peanuts and the scene, I assure, is an epic beauty and THAT gives me an elation that just can’t be described in simple words.

The smell of a new book and its fresh print, as you open it, fills in you a feeling that gives you an excitement, a sense of pride of owning the book, an anticipation of what it holds, the anxiety to open it up and start reading its contents and a mixture of other positive feelings that many book lovers experience, cherish and look forward to, every time they think of a book.

A hug from my mom, a smile from my crush, a surprise from my best friend for no reason but to just make me happy, my favourite song on radio and the déjà vu, I experience, eating a delicious food or my favourite chocolate when I am upset, my friend coming over without warning just to take me to the beach, a call from a friend after a long time, people coming over to my house, a friend saying ‘I will be there for you no matter what’ or ‘You make me happy. You are my best friend’, making my own cup of coffee with the right proportion of milk and decoction and sitting alone, slowly sipping it enjoying my own company and the  silence around me, the smell of rain, a small kid calling my name or holding my hand with its soft ones that feel like the petals of a flower brushing against me and the list that makes me happy goes on and on.

They sound so simple don’t they? But, people often fail to notice these small things around them but run after materialistic stuff missing out on these cute little happenings. And worse, they fail to give these that are free but most valuable to their loved ones because of their race towards something that’s temporary, man-made, rare and costly.

Look out for the little things that mean a lot instead of trying to own the big things that don’t matter even the tiniest bit. 

Why pray to God?

The title is one of the most questioned, most discussed and the most controversial subject in present day. I am but a lay person who hasn’t followed any of these discussions that world-renowned, highly knowledgeable people have had. But I, in my short life time, have questioned the presence of God and the need to pray to Him too. 

As we all know, the reason behind all the controversy is because He is not visible to us. We can only feel (or so people claim to) but can’t see Him. A few of my atheist friends asked me why I believe in Him, what I find in praying to Him and many more questions. Though, they did not oppose my belief they gave me an opportunity to think about them. I realized a few things about my devotion to God. This has nothing to do with the discussions that go on in this world. It is purely my personal opinion.

I do believe that there is a Supreme Power that is more powerful than us and that is the God I believe in. The life we lead, the happenings in it are not in our control. Things happen when they have to. Who decides that? I have heard many say that it is us who control our destiny but it is not, at least in my opinion. When situation is smooth, favourable to us we don’t tend to question anything but when it goes awry, that’s when we lose control of ourselves. The most confident ones are rare to find who do not question when they are upset with their problems like they don’t, when they are happy. But the majority are people like me. So whom do we turn to when we don’t know what is happening? Who is the wisest who can guide us through this journey of life? Definitely it is none.

As the famous saying goes, we came alone, we leave alone and we have to travel through this journey alone. No one can help us through it. To me, when I am totally at loss, I turn to this Supreme Power that I believe does exist, to guide me through this. He may not give me a helping hand and tell me this is how I will have to step through, but praying to Him is like a meditation that gives me the peace of mind which in turn helps me calm myself, analyse the situation and take steps to solve the problem instead of drowning in the overwhelming fear of feeling lost in a sea of puzzles. He is a form to whom I can vent out my feelings and be sure that I won’t be judged from it but when I do the same with my peers, relatives or my own family it is different. We know human nature and frankly humans are judgemental even if they claim themselves not to be. Also, there are certain things that cannot be shared with anyone but I can with this form of Power. I may not get solutions to my problems; I may not be assured that it is heard. But, that’s not what I need. All I need is to cry my heart out, wipe it off and lift the heaviness off my chest so that I can think more rationally and take the nearly right decisions which I cannot when my mind is clouded with innumerable thoughts.

This is God to me. A person or a place or just a feeling of His presence or any form I feel Him to be where or with whom I can find my solace is my God. I am not very clever, intelligent and full of knowledge to question or confront the topic of God. I am but a lay person ;-)

For every dark night, There's a brighter day..

Today, of all the days, I have made some time for myself to post. It has been quite a period of 3 months that turned into a routine that kept me busy and did not provide me even a minute to worry about things which I normally brag about most of the time. Here I am, writing my first blog post, after months of procrastination, wondering about one of the most notorious parts of human body. I mean, our mind ;) 

Have you ever wondered how comical human mind is? It is so fickle that at one time it worries about a problem and at another time when a bigger one surprises it, it shifts to the new one. But, what is funnier is that, it always has something or the other to whine about. There are a few people who can actually shut their mind out of all thoughts and lead a peaceful life and for a few others who claim to be carefree, I can swear by god, they are not. However, the cleverest of all is the one who still honestly manages to be happy assuming that whatever happens, it happens for the good and to become one, it requires hell a lot of effort. Remember one thing in life wherever you go, when there is a problem that makes you ask God, “Why me?” then certainly there are people with problems worse than yours and for some reason, at that point of your life, God has made you go through the said-situation to teach you something important and it is up to you to find that out and enlighten yourself. If you fail to do it, it is not His concern, nor that of the people around you, it is solely yours. 

Awaken… Seek out… Enlighten…