Little Things

Tithi, an young adult of 22 was fadeup with her life. She felt like her life was totally messed up and nothing is sorted.She felt as if her career, her love life, her friend circle... everything is messed up. She was unsure about everything. Each day she used to wake up and feel anxious about her future. She used to overthink a lot on what the future will bring in her life. She had lots of questions in her mind whose answers she wanted to find. Will she get her dream job? Will she get a proper companion with whom she can spend rest of her life? Will she get good friends who will stand by her through every thick and thin of life? All these questions used to go on in her mind. One day, while thinking about all these, she asked herself, "Will I be completely happy if all my current wishes get fulfilled in future? Or, will I have something more to complain about and make wishes on in future? ". While trying to find out answers to her questions, she realized that no one can be completely happy even if all of their wishes are granted. Because, the list of our wishes is a never ending list and it's impossible to fulfill that list of wishes.

She then, started reminiscing her childhood days. She started thinking that how her childhood days were carefree with nothing much to worry about. And now, when she has grown up to an adult.. she always has something to worry about. She then felt that how beautiful it would have been if she could have got back her childhood days or her childhood self. So many things have changed between that time and now. As an adult, her perspective towards life, love, people have completely changed from how she used to think about these things as a child. She felt as if she has left a part of herself in her childhood. But then, she remembered...the books she used to read , the songs she used to listen, the beauty of nature that she enjoyed , the hobbies she loved as a child.... everything is still with her.. but she doesn't feel the same happiness while doing these things...maybe because her perspective towards life and things changed a lot. 

She narrated her thoughts to her mother and asked her, "Why can't I feel the same happiness, light-heartedness that I used to feel as a child? Why does life get more and more complicated?"

Listening to this her mother Shalini replied,

"Its not that with time our life gets complicated, but, that maybe we forget to enjoy the little things in life in chase of the big things. In search of our big dreams and wishes sometimes we end up underestimating the values of small things and little moments of life. We feel that, our happiness lies in the big things and we continue chasing them until we get them only to realize that there is something bigger out there. And this goes on , until we realize that happiness doesn't lies in getting everything we want... but in knowing to value everything we have. Sometimes, we end up giving so much value to the things we don't have that the value of things we actually have with us reduces in our eyes.. only to later realize that we lost a diamond in search of stones. While being ambitious or having dreams and wishes isn't something bad, but, attaching our happiness to only those wishes and waiting to be happy only after those wishes get fulfilled is something we shouldn't do. So, if you really want to be happy in life, always remember to value and enjoy the little things of life... your favorite weather, the good moments you spent with family and friends, listening to your favorite song, taking a walk in the nature, watching your favorite movie or reading your favorite book, spending time on your most loved hobby,the smell of your favorite flower... for maybe one day when you look back you realize these little things were the big things!!!"