Saturday, April 25, 2009

The Pursuit(?) of Happiness

One day the teacher asked her 6 year old student what he wanted to be when he grew up. He said, " Happy". The teacher then told him that he had gotten the question wrong. What an irony!

Happiness is a state to be in, not a goal to achieve. It is the default state of a human being. No man can live in his past or his future, yet we keep worrying, unmindful of the joys that they are surrounded by. Discover the happiness you already have. Have a happy day! :-)

2 comments:

RaSh said...

Nice!
It's funny how I read this quote minutes before I read your post:
"The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it."
- C. P. SnowBut then, we must realize that every goal we want achieve is only because achieving it will make us happy. So we all, in a way, want to be happy when we grow up! :)

Harish said...

Our Karthik has started spiritual discourses too.....