I've been reading some very interesting blogs for the past few days on rediffiland -some poetic, some grim, some humorous , some sentimental

This being by first brush with the blogging world I kept wondering what would be a good topic to begin with. As is my mantra in times of confusion –start with the first thing that comes to mind, I thought about it and the first thing that came to my mind was the title of my rediffiland –‘Don’t worry be Happy’

It’s possible that some of you might be wondering why I chose this particular title. Well, one simple reason was that the other options that I considered were already taken. J

But at the same time I also believe that happiness is fundamental to life. In a way, it is food for the soul. And, our happiness quotient impacts every facet of our lives.

In this trouble laden world, many a times we wonder how certain people around us are much happier than us today. Often we attribute it to certain acquisitions in life- success, wealth, power, fame etc. However, would it be fair to say these happy people never go through their share of troubles?

As I thought about this I realized that our careworn self often overlooks the fact that life is full of troubles for everyone. That is just how Life is. Period. Whether or not we are happy in this life is however, a matter of choice.

On closer observation, you'd see that people who stay happy aren't happy because of any acquisition they made (Not to say success doesn't motivate us in our lives and wealth, power and fame would be disliked by anyone)

But, these are the people whose constant endeavor is to be happy -come what may! Life isn't a picnic for them either. But they choose to make it so by enjoying every bit that they have of it.

They realize that the most precious acquisition in this life is and will always be- this Life itself.

Every day, every hour, every minute of it.

And therefore, live it up to the fullest.

What say?