Since the time I was a little girl I wanted to grow up to be the kind of person that when my feet hit the floor each morning it would make Devil say-" Oh Crap! She's up". Nah, don't get me wrong. I don't want to be some sort of a Tyrant or a Bully or an Evil Monster who would outshine the Devil himself. I certainly have no intentions of stealing his throne. However, I do have a wicked idea up my sleeves to annoy him. Well, atleast it will sound wicked to him.
To start with I have realized that Happiness truly is a state of mind. And yes, nothing annoys a Devil more than a Happy Face. But unfortunately, we the people of the World look for it in all the different directions......outside of course. For example, so many times I think that when I'll get that awesome job with perks to die for, I'll be happy or when I'll be surrounded by all those whom I love, I'll be so happy..or owning that swanky car and so on. But all this while I forgot that Happiness is not a destination it is a journey.
We are in such a great rush to reach our destination, that we so forget to enjoy the scenery on the way. Happiness comes in odd ways, we are just not observant enough to realize this. It could be that favourite song of yours that you are humming and unexpectedly a Radio station starts playing it, or a movie that you have wanted soo much to watch and it's there on one of the channels that you are surfing, or an out of the blue phone call from a long lost friend or even reaching the next level of Farmland on Facebook. Wow!!! what an exhilration we experience.
I read somewhere, that happines can be enhanced by others, but it does not depend on them. The more we try to look for it outside the more we get dissapointed. Every time we sigh or whine, it kills our happiness piece by piece. We feel miserable; and the Devil gets an easy admission in our lives. Depression, Anger, Bitterness, Insecurity....he's is there.
Let's just kick him out. Let's just open our eyes and ears to those little things that make us happy. To begin with think of all the Happy moments that you have had till now and also Thank God for more such moments that are about to come.
Jap ji Sahab Says: "Hukum Rajai Chalna, Nanak likheya Naal". Obey the Will of the Lord, "The all Knowing", so says Nanak. The bottom line is that if you are walking in Joy, you are trusting God.
To start with I have realized that Happiness truly is a state of mind. And yes, nothing annoys a Devil more than a Happy Face. But unfortunately, we the people of the World look for it in all the different directions......outside of course. For example, so many times I think that when I'll get that awesome job with perks to die for, I'll be happy or when I'll be surrounded by all those whom I love, I'll be so happy..or owning that swanky car and so on. But all this while I forgot that Happiness is not a destination it is a journey.
We are in such a great rush to reach our destination, that we so forget to enjoy the scenery on the way. Happiness comes in odd ways, we are just not observant enough to realize this. It could be that favourite song of yours that you are humming and unexpectedly a Radio station starts playing it, or a movie that you have wanted soo much to watch and it's there on one of the channels that you are surfing, or an out of the blue phone call from a long lost friend or even reaching the next level of Farmland on Facebook. Wow!!! what an exhilration we experience.
I read somewhere, that happines can be enhanced by others, but it does not depend on them. The more we try to look for it outside the more we get dissapointed. Every time we sigh or whine, it kills our happiness piece by piece. We feel miserable; and the Devil gets an easy admission in our lives. Depression, Anger, Bitterness, Insecurity....he's is there.
Let's just kick him out. Let's just open our eyes and ears to those little things that make us happy. To begin with think of all the Happy moments that you have had till now and also Thank God for more such moments that are about to come.
Jap ji Sahab Says: "Hukum Rajai Chalna, Nanak likheya Naal". Obey the Will of the Lord, "The all Knowing", so says Nanak. The bottom line is that if you are walking in Joy, you are trusting God.
Let us be too Blessed to be stressed.
