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This is life; happiness is found from within

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Having written this column for a number of years, I have covered hundreds of topics. They range from joy to sadness — just the tenets that the human soul and mind goes through, making a rainbow of emotions.

Indeed, the human mind (the set of cognitive faculties that enables consciousness, perception, thinking, judgement, and memory) is the most complex thing ever created.

Even more intricate than the car engine only mechanics seem able to decipher. But as intricate as it remains, it is still the biggest tool of the human body.

It is able to soak up information like a sponge and will obey whatever signals you send it. That is why lots of preaching has been done — by the Church, spiritualists and motivators — on the power of positivism.

And hope, faith, to keep you going in a turbulent world. At the end of the journey of life, or rather at each and every stop, what one really needs is to be happy and joyful.  Even though they say love rules the world, I beg to slightly differ. Sometimes, there is love with no happiness, and then it is all watered down.

So happiness it is, and that is why I find myself writing about it for the third time this year. My friend took her daughter to the playground the other day. He was enjoying a cold glass of beer as he watched his princess play from a distance.

The music was good, the weather near perfect. All was well with his world. Up until he felt a fierce jealousy towards his daughter creep up on him. Like the drink he was having, it scorched his being and he was left stunned as to why he would harbour such feelings towards his daughter. But despite the feeling creeping up on him, it lasted for several uncomfortable moments.

He envied her perfect moments. He envied how she could play without any inhibitions and worries despite there being so much gloom in his world.

He felt sorry for her, for he knew that such moments would not last forever. He wished she could stay younger for longer. As he sipped his drink once more, he said a little prayer for his girl, and wished her loads of laughter in her adulthood.

Soon, she would be all grown up, and would have to face the challenges that later life brings. Then she too, like her father, would get nostalgic, pining for those special moments at the playground: pining for that reckless abandon that only children seem to possess.

But being grown is not all about gloom, or is it? There must be those occasions when the world appears a better place — those times the colours seem brighter and the sun even brighter. Those days that cannot be dampened by the threat of El Nino, because your team has scored yet another goal.

Because your superman (woman) has told you he/she still loves you. Because your child has scored top marks. Because the road is clear of traffic.

 

Because you are looking forward to eating your favourite meal. Yes, those moments of intense happiness will be there if you will it, because you will feed your mind with positivity and look forward to even better days.

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