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Both "We might as well dance' and 'Rose' have been added to my personal collections!! Thanks to AR and NM !! :D
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Originally Posted by NM
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Originally Posted by NM
Both "We might as well dance' and 'Rose' have been added to my personal collections!! Thanks to AR and NM !! :D
NM,
Nice touching little story! :D
Happiness is a Journey not a destination
We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are. After that we are frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation when we retire. The truth is, there’s no better time to be happy that right now. If not now when?
Your life will always be filled with challenges. It’s best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. One of my favorite quotes come from Alfred D Souza. He said “for a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin- real life. But there was always some obstacles in the way. Something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles are my life”.
This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have. And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time...and remember time waits for no one.
So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you’ve had a drink, until you’ve sobered up, until you die to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy.. Happiness is a journey NOT a destination!!!
NIROSHA........agreed ...this site is the best...with Nov's, Roshan's, Querida's, Shekhar's & AR's contributions.....but....your Annamalai part 2 is most interesting!! :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by nirosha sen
SURYA : Thank you...yes, very touching, isn't it?? :cry:
ROSHAN.....: Thank you.......even if I die today, you'll still have my contribution in yr personal file tho' am not ROSE..... :D
And, that was beautiful, Happiness is a journey and not a destination.......I hv done a lot of "waiting" and have lost good friends/times permanently..... :cry: :cry:
Roshan and NM :)
Very touching narrations. I felt very contented to read 'Rose' and was worried at all silly things I have been yearning for in life. :oops:
We all do, don't we, Scorpio?? :cry:Quote:
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I'm gonna keep coming back in here, everytime I'm blue!! :(
Thanks friends!! :D
Nirsoha..U are welcome, you know.., anytime! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by nirosha sen
Roshan,
Your post 'Happiness is a journey' is excellent. No wonder you are always so happy and smiling, and has managed to keep anger and meanness at a distance.
Just to go a bit deeper on what you have posted....
In Indian philosophy, there are two different concepts.. "Santosha" and "Ananda" ( I am using the word Indian deliberately because the concept exists both in Hinduism and in Budhism).
Santosha is happiness. But there is no english equivalent for 'Ananda', because the concept does not exist in western thoughts.
Santosha or happiness is temporary.. the kind you get, say when you eat nice ice cream.. or when you hug the person you love.
Whereas, Ananda is a state of being, you achieve training yourself over a long period of time. You feel 'happy' (Joyfully peaceful +contented) just to 'be', for no apparant reason, unaffected by the ups and downs of material world.
It is something akin to feeling of health. You realise when you don't have it. And a person who has not experienced excellent health doesnot know what it is..
So it is what you are.. not what you aim to get..
A FULL GLASS OF MILK
One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay for his hungry stomach, decided he would ask for a meal at the next house.
On the way through school, he found he had only one thin dime left and he was very hungry.
However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.
Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. The woman thought he looked hungry, so brought him a large glass of milk.
He drank it slowly, and then asked, "How much do I owe you?"
"You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has taught us, never to accept pay for a kindness."
He said....."Then I thank you from my heart."
Years later that young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease.
Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room.
Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to the case.
After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room.
The woman feared opening it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill.
She read these words....."Paid in full with one glass of milk." Signed, Dr. Howard Kelly.
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: Thank You,God, that Your love has spread abroad through human hearts and hands."