Life can change in the blink of an eye. I realized this one day.........when i faced death a few years ago. Luckily, i'm still ticking ! But whenever i remember that day, i start wondering...............!
We take everything ............our comforts, our joys, our family, friendships, everything for granted. We grumble about what we don't have, & never sit back to think what is ours. We look over our shoulder at what others enjoy, , not thinking of the joys that come our way. How much happier life would be, if we could stop, take stock, & learn to enjoy every moment of living ?
I feel , in the journey of life, we look before & after, & pine for what is not. Discontent is the motif of life. We just want & want & want. Be it wealth, or fame , success or that evasive emotion called " Happiness" . In the process , we don't see what we have, that's just there, & will remain so.
"Will it ?" How long does it take for all the things one takes for granted to evaporate ? Health, wealth, friends, any or all of it, can go as easily as they all came. An accident , a chance, fate, u call it what u will. It can rob u of all u have just as it can give u all u want. But that doesn't mean living in fear. Living in fear is worse than living in perpetual state of greed.
The trick is to live in joy, to revel in the joys of just being there, of being able to think, to see, to sing perhaps even if to oneself. To revel in the simple pleasures of life........a walk on a breezy day, watching the birds fly past in excitement, watching leaves sprout almost overnight, to revel in the sound of a friend's laughter or a child's voice . Be aware of the small joys of life & the larger joys will take care of themselves.
Most important, hold the joys close to ur heart. Then even if life should deal out to us a bad card, we will be able to handle it without a sense of regret for "what could have been !"
