Happy?

Am I happy?” This question doesn’t occur to us frequently in this fast paced world, but sometimes when we are alone, when we look back upon several incidents of our life, this question may come to our mind just like a flash of lightning.

In this world where people don’t have time to stand and stare such questions are always ignored; we don’t want to answer such unimportant questions as its answer won’t change a thing. Most people in this world are unhappy, only a handful of us can claim to be truly happy.

Am I happy? When I ask myself this question, the answer comes after a short pause, and the answer is NO. I am not happy. I belong to that group of unhappy people, who are optimistic, and occasionally think that the grass on the other side of the river is greener.

BUT they can’t help to be unhappy as little things make them upset. But they try to remain happy, by involving themselves in the activities around them, by talking to people, by trying to make others happy and avoiding people whom they despise. They are people whom you meet every now and then; they might not be great achievers (and some of them might even be losers in life) but they haven’t given up hope. They are hardcore optimists and try to succeed in their respective fields, but often they fail. But they never give up. People like me only form a part of the unhappy society.

There are different types of unhappy people in this world. And behind all this unhappy faces there is only one reason- LOVE. Perhaps you would argue that beggars can’t be unhappy because of love; their unhappiness lies in the fact that they don’t have food, clothing and shelter. But if only we loved each other or at least had some respect for humanity we wouldn’t have beggars in our street begging for alms.

Even wars would not have been fought, and all the murders, robberies would have stopped and this world would have been a better place for us to live. So a lot of solutions to man’s problems would have been achieved. But reality is quite different from this, and we all know it.But what about our personal grieves, our personal sorrows?

Even to that the reason is love. Some people are unhappy because of love for their partner, some because of love for their friend, some because of love for their family, some because of their love for their ambition and some because they are in love with a person whom they can never get.

So we see behind all unhappiness there is only one reason-LOVE. This four lettered word surrounds our life, and without which we can’t live. In short it makes our world. I have got a lot of hurt because of love, not because of a boyfriend, and I am not talking of that kind of love.

I am talking of friendship. I have got hurt because of love for my friends many times. But the worst was about ten months back. And I had remained terribly upset over three months, so much so I used to cry at nights. That incident had occurred all because of me. But now everything is fine. Since that incident I have been careful not to hurt any one. I say sorry as soon as soon as I realize my mistakes.

And again there is the sorrow of not succeeding in academics which I would love to. Some people fall in love with their friends (an example), for them I would say not to spoil the magic of friendship if their friend doesn’t reciprocate their feelings. It would just increase the mutual pain. Friendship once broken can’t be fixed. So we should always nurture this beautiful relationship which always puts a smile on our face.

Some of my friends think I am a lot happier than they are, since I have a wonderful and loving family. But yes, love always creates problems so one can never be sure. Here is one piece of advice for my friends who are in love with people they can’t get - Life has much more things to offer than just girlfriend/boyfriend, there are other loves, there are other people who love you, and there is someone in this world who will love you as much as you love this person of your dreams…

As for myself, I love my family, myself and those people who loved me. The End.