The joy of little things :)

I smile to myself as I type this, as I think of all the little things that make me happy, from bike rides, to rain to spending quality time with friends to random surprises that I give or get. After a certain age, we tend to get so busy searching for the meaning of life or dealing with complex situations, we tend to ignore the little things that life has to offer.

For once stop worrying about your financial planning for the month and spend that change in your wallet in buying chocolates for random kids that you may end up meeting on the road. Go get drenched in the rain instead of complaining about the weather. Smile at a stranger, try being nice to the autowala (going by experience a little nice behaviour might even work in your favour while trying to bargain). Dont crib about how bad your day has been at work, instead roll down the cab's window and let the wind caress your face and tell you "its okay if the day was bad, the best part about it, is that its over now". Instead of breaking your head over what high priced fancy gifts to buy, try surprising your guy or girl by ending up meeting them when they least expected to see you, what could be more precious than you to them after all? ;) Let petrol prices reach the sky, chose another day to crib about the government but for now, ditch that car and try walking after sunset for some time. Laugh at the silliest joke. Go meet a friend who is always busy, and cherish the little time you get to spend together instead of cribbing about how you did not get enough time. Look at your pet and feel blessed to be selflessly loved by a being (cat owners this is not for you :P ), let a bad sunny day be your excuse for bunking office and jumping into a pool. Buy yourself some flowers, who else can better pamper you than your own self? Stare at the sky and play that game of imagining the cloud turning into various shapes. Go ride a kid's bicycle and fall, ride again and fall again!

They say, you dont ever grow up, you just learn to act in public. While that may or may not be completely true, we can always carry forward the joy of finding happiness in little things like we used to when homework was the only worry in life. Instead of planning for a happier future which will have big things to offer, try finding joy in the little things in present.

There is just so much that life has to offer! When you are too busy trying to find happiness, life is sending you joy in various ways, big and small. Happiness isn't a treasure that u got to go search for, its more like a state of mind. Something that lies within. Even in your worse days, the very fact that you are alive goes on to show that you are alive to see a better life ahead. So hold your head up high and welcome the little things life sends your way, smile at life, and watch how it smiles back at you!