Be Happy in the Present !

While working from home, I usually make afternoon tea around 5.30 pm. Today I got delayed due to urgent office work and I couldn’t get up from my work seat till after 6 pm. While making my tea, my thoughts were lingering on the work that I have to complete today and some urgent work to be done in the next two days, some deadlines, some calls to be made etc. Many other personal thoughts were simultaneously crossing my mind.

On my kitchen window-sill, there were some sparrows who had gathered and were eating the left-over rice I had put out in the afternoon. They were chirping away merrily, absolutely thrilled about the food laid out. It set me thinking…We keep worrying about things like office work, personal problems, an uncertain future, sometimes irrelevant things too.

These sparrows have their own issues in life which are far more important and difficult than the issues we humans face. They have to search for food and water daily and all the time, and if they don’t get it, they have to sleep hungry and thirsty. Due to the uncertainty of rain, they get drenched all night while sleeping in the trees. They face danger from big birds like eagles and crows who are always chasing them, harming them. But still are the sparrows thinking about their troubles ? No, they are not, they are happily enjoying the meal which is before them ! 

So, why can’t we be like the sparrows ? Why can’t we live for the moment like they do ? Why can’t we like them, also enjoy the simple pleasures of life every day brings us, without thinking about the strife and troubles that tomorrow may bring ? It is a big “may”, the so-called “troubles” could easily be just our imaginary fears, which may vanish after a good night’s sleep !

Let us accept that life will keep throwing challenges at us which we have to face to the best of our ability. This will continue till the last moment of our life. Let us not allow our worries to overpower us so much that we spend our life overthinking, whereas we can spend the same moments enjoying the little bits of happiness that life brings us all the time ! Let us all be happy and enjoy life and its various hues and shades ! Let us thank God for all that He has given us and be grateful for it. Amen.

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