A Happy Bunch
Author: Zehra Batool
In the midst of ruins and lies, where no one is actually happy and satisfied, we the children of Adam itself are paving the way towards unsatisfying and problematic lives. We want to be happy but can’t find a permanent solution for it because we always require a reason to be happy. Our happiness is reasonable, not independent. We take things for granted instead of being thankful for what we have. That’s why we remain unsatisfied and the thirst for being peaceful and happy can’t be quenched this way. Here's another solution, it works on me too.
Whenever we find a child crying and ask him what had happened to him, he will tell us the reason. Maybe he replies that someone has stolen his chocolate or his classmate bullied him or any other reason but his happiness-gaining ability is very strong. If his parents would say to him that they will buy him another chocolate or his bullying friend says sorry to him and the teacher makes both of them shake hands, then his grief automatically fades away. After some time he forgets about that chocolate and that fight in school. He doesn’t cling to a particular worldly thing, he just wants to be happy, so he finds his own way to be happy! He makes his heart satisfied with the little he has got other than his chocolate and wipes away all the anger in exchange for a little apology from his friends. Even if he is poor, he is happy playing in the soil after a couple of hours of losing his chocolate and also befriends his classmates like before. He forgets about all the sorrows. Such a great power to move on so easily! What’s the secret? Maybe he replies,
“If you really want to be happy and want to cope with your sadness, then don’t let your chocolate decide your day, don’t let it decide your reason to be happy. You are the master of your emotions, don’t let any other worldly thing decide your mood. Be your own captain!
Plough the field of heart with cheering seeds. Make your heart harvest the happy grains. Do not allow sorrow to decide your day. Be the owner of your field and never let sadness harvest your happiness. You are you and that’s your power.” A child can’t speak this philosophy, but his actions do.
The secret of a child’s happiness is being happy with the little things he has got and ploughing the field of delight and joy. The reason we remain sad is that we don’t want to be actually happy. In fact, we want our wishes and desires to be fulfilled according to our demands. Getting our desires fulfilled is another face of getting happiness but its roots lead to greediness, restlessness and unsatisfying life. But if we want pure happiness, then learn to live with what we have and choose to be happy. This way we can attain satisfaction and inner peace and it’s only you who would decide it.