The scorching heat of the month
of May in India suddenly got removed by a wonderful shower of rain, the breeze
which was too very hot and painful, suddenly became, soothing and perfect in
every sense. The weather was unraveling its best mood, and trying to mesmerize everyone
with its magical spell of rain. I stood by the window, and kept gazing at the
sky, from which raindrops trickled down continuously, as if celebrating
something, and outpouring happiness, more happiness.
Each raindrop was having a whole
store of happiness within itself, the moment it fell on my window sill, it
actually filled me with the happiness, which it was holding in itself. Slowly,
the drops created a small pool of happiness, and suddenly a small sparrow came
from somewhere, sat near the pool, and had a gulp of water for its thirsty
neck, it too was glad. While it was having the gulp of happiness from the rain
water pool, I was hiding beside the window sill, observing it, but not making
it aware of my presence. It was lovely, to see the small sparrow quench its
thirst. It rested for a while, to keep
itself dry from the rain, and when the showers stopped for a while, it flew to its
nest, which was on a nearby tree.
All was so good, and really an
oft quoted statement came to my mind, that if one really hunts for happiness,
it can be felt in the most common things, at times even those things, which are
beyond our visualization when we are not in a mood to look for happiness and
contentment, but if we actually look for happiness, it holds our hands, and
shows us what was lying in front of us…. and then really every little aspect of
life bestows on us a full bag of happiness, sheer happiness.
