Why do we hanker for things beyond our
reach and think the grass is greener on the other side? Why are we blind to the smaller pleasures of
life trying to grasp the bigger pleasures , we cannot have? Happiness lies in
contentment.
In just watching a leaf fall from a tree. Have
you ever stood idly, watching fall, twirling
this way and that, before it touches ground? Just in watching that leaf do a merry dance
ere it falls to rest, you could derive a
moment of fleeting pleasure. Or an
evening at the beach if you live in a coastal
town. Just sit on the golden sand
and watch the breakers splash on the rocks, sending off a spray of foam or look
out at the far horizon, where the line of the sky seems to meet the line of the
sea, and the setting sun burnishes the sky with molten gold. It is a sight calculated to fill the soul
with reverence for the divine.
The
freshness after a bath, or the exhilarating feel when you walk in wide open
spaces, with the wind in your face. Or
have you tried walking on the wet green grass at dawn, when the world is but
half awake, and experienced the sense of well being pervade your bones?
Have
you found delight in slipping new drops into the palm of your hand , and wished
you could string them into a chain, more priceless than rarest gems?
And
when the day is done, spare a moment , to look at the world outside. The moonbeams filtering through branches and
tracing patterns on the ground. Turning
the world outside into a heaven of soft white light, that caresses each bud as
it slowly opens into a flower.
Have
you gazed at the stars that stud the dark indigo skies and wondered what lies
beyond? When the cares and worries of a
difficult day, weigh you down , try gazing at a star for comfort. For the
twinkling star up there , gives you a measure of peace, when it seems to wink
and say – the pinpricks of the world are
but transitory things.
For
the beauty of God’s creation, can sometimes set to naught your little
worries.. So learn to enjoy the little
things in life. For what is this life,
if in seeking pleasures that are unattainable , we lose sight of the woods for
the trees?
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