Goddess of Small things

That i am... i have this strange and rare capability of finding happiness in the smallest molecule of events. Really, almost anything can make me happy... the scent of the soil after the first rain, seeing the endless sea, a sip of piping hot tea, simple vada paav, nice fresh fish, an email from a friend i have not been in touch with for years, just waking up early, fitting into an old pair of jeans, a good joke, being with friends, being in the mountains, walking in the woods, seeing a beautiful landscape, oh yes... i was happy when i got a tattoo, saving 4rs on the rickshaw fare and giving it out to the old beggars, watching a good movie, seeing a happy face, seeing good stuff on TV, hearing in the news about a case being solved, seeing sombody happy, making someone happy, just sitting and whiling time without no purpose, talking to stray animals and smile when i realise that they actually do not understand my language but sense the affection. There is more but i do not intend to make a 1001 list of things that make me happy! The point to convey is its simple to be happy and anything makes me happy.

I am told its a rare quality so, makes me proud to posses it. Life is simple and so are emotions and feelings. We complicate it by the way we think. I believe everything in this world is good unless someone decides otherwise. Everyone can be happy coz it really is a state of mind. You can feel happy just because you want to and purely without a reason. Its how and where you find happiness.

Very often happiness comes disguised in the smallest things that we seldom take notice of. We are so engrossed on the larger picture that this tiny molecule of happiness just goes by without being noticed. People who are sad and upset about things are ones who only see the big things and look for happiness in it. I was becoming like that for some time. I was losing myself and the ability to find joy in every element. I had to gather myself and run back to who i was. That was a terrifying period of being lost in a mindspace which is not ur own.

Life is really simple - you are born, your grow up, you eat sleep play, you age and then you die. There is hardly any choice left. But the choice we can make is chosing to be happy. I feel happy about the fact that i have a shelter on my head when thousand others don't, i feel happy that i manage to get two square meals when people die of hunger, i am happy that i am earning enough to survive and happy that i am alive to enjoy all what is given to me. Very idealistic? no, try it.

The moment you start paying attention to the small packets of joy it will come to you automatically. Its not secret or no gyaan, its the simplest philosophy of life. I get affected by small things, i get happy about the smallest and life has been so far so good.