Happiness

Once a great teacher told his students to create a painting of a beautiful river flowing through hills, on a stormy day.
Today's session was in beautiful surroundings with lush green stretches,grazing animals,chirping birds, playing children & elderly lazing around in the sun.
The students completed their drawing well before the sun set.The teacher inspected each painting very carefully.Generally students had drawn beautiful surroundings with stormy background,trees swaying  furiously,birds flying helplessly controlling their flight,animals running here & there for a safe place to hide,all haywire.......
The teacher had to choose the best. All the paintings seemed good.Suddenly a smile came on his lips. He chose the best.The students were unable to find any amazing difference in the quality of the picture.....
Why this particular painting was being adjudged the best ?......
The teacher told the students to watch closely,to observe the details carefully....
The students watched the hills,swaying trees, animals & children running clueless,the whole village in a mess.
 The river flowing furiously.River water splashing on the rocky river sides.
There stood a small tree on the side rock.There was a small nest on a branch of the tree.A small bird was sitting in the nest peacefully,unaffected by so big a storm around.
Obviously the students understood the hidden message the painting gave.
The world is full of such storm.We stand  winner if we remain unaffected by this outer storm that results into an inner storm. Our peace of mind may not get affected by any storm neither outer nor inner.We should always be happy inside whatever the condition is outside.

LIFE or DESTINY

What is LIFE ? Is it set of events in one's life? Is it so meaningless or there is some larger picture or meaning to life.
What is DESTINY? Is that an already fixed path on which each individual treads or there is a choice from different options for the individual.
Is this life or destiny for the BODY or the SOUL?If that is for the body then life n destiny are for this lifetime only,but if it is for the soul then for how long,nobody knows.
They say its EVOLUTION OF SOUL.Then it seems all small or big events of the present life actually are insignificant as far as the immediate result are concerned.May be the significance of the impact of any event lies in molding the soul ( the evolution process).
We are surrounded by specific situations or specific people that is perhaps mandatory for the evolution process.Every thing in this universe is evolving,the stars,galaxies,the whole universe is evolving.Are we just, a very small,but still significant part within the bigger picture of evolution?
That does mean that our existence is important.

LIFE OR DESTINY

What is LIFE? Is it set of events in one's life? Is it so meaningless or there is some larger picture or meaning to our existence.
What is DESTINY? Is that an already fixed path on which each individual treads or there is a choice from different options for the individual.
Is the life or destiny more relevant for the BODY or the SOUL? If that is for the body then life n destiny are for this lifetime only,but if it is for the soul then for how long, for how many lifetimes, nobody knows.
They say it's EVOLUTION OF THE SOUL.So it seems all small or big events of the present life actually are insignificant as far as the immediate results are concerned. May be the significance of the impact of any event lies with molding of the soul (the evolution process).
We are surrounded by specific situations or specific people.That is perhaps mandatory for the evolution process. Everything in this universe is evolving, the stars,the galaxies,the whole universe is evolving.
Are we just,a very small ,but still significant part within the larger picture of evolution?
That does mean that our existence is quite important.

20-20 Trick

Generally people are confused about how to remain healthy with advancing age.Should they have some Vitamins or a daily exercise or consume correct amount of calories to maintain or lose weight?
Should they have positive disposition of mind or good company?How can a person remain healthy with/without medicines is a big question mark for the majority.
Lifestyle changes are of great help,like early to bed n early to rise is a worth experimenting old wisdom.
What is twenty-twenty trick? A good old dietitian told me once that 20 minutes walk in the morning as well as in the evening is very beneficial to lose or maintain weight.My experience says that the walk should be in the natural environment to remain healthy physically & mentally.The beautiful experience of a stroll through greenery, leaves an enriching experience on the BODY,MIND n also the SOUL.

LIFETIME PICNIC

As a small child, I remember,I wanted the acceptance of my parents for whatever I used to do.May be all I wanted was that they equally own whatever good or bad I performed.Their reassurance was badly needed.As the time passed I became a little more cautious....not to upset a friend or a sister or a brother or this somebody or that somebody. Believe  me the list got longer and longer.A time came when I was surrounded by more disapproval than approval.I tried harder & harder to please everybody around me,but I failed as expected.I could never please everybody.
One day I decided (after umpteen rounds of introspection & expression),I decided that after the new dawn I would please MYSELF ONLY, of course without harming others & performing all my duties.Here it is.I have to please only one person that is me.Although it is not very simple to please even oneself, still it's much much better than pleasing others.With passing days,months & years everybody around seems to be happy with me, may be only apparently,but doesn't really matter as long as it doesn't destroy my peace,my lifetime picnic.
Over the years I have learnt the importance of myself.Sometimes I watch today's generation & feel that they are living for themselves.As long as they don't forget their duties towards themselves & others it is all  right.