In this fast paced world where people spend 4 hrs a day (sometimes even more) commuting between office and home, rarely our mind is in a state to be happy. Added to this there are a lot of irritants at office place which annoys us. Where do we find time to be happy?
How do we define happiness? How to identify its source?
Would we be happy if we have more money? After all we all work so hard to earn money. We try to be proactive, work hard at office place to get more increments, bonuses etc. Still we do not get satisfied when we get the money. For most people, apparently, happiness lies not in the absolute amount of "rewards" you have, but in whether or not you have more or less than others. So, happiness is relative. This also proves that money / wealth do not necessarily bring happiness.
One morning I went out of the clients place to have tea. One of my colleagues who accompanied me saw a beggar in the platform having sound sleep. He made a comment that his life was worse compared to that beggar who was happily sleeping at that time of the day without any worries. But, what he failed to notice was that, the beggar did not have a place to sleep. He was sleeping in that hot sun. Probably he was unconscious!!
On another occasion, when I was having lunch with our colleagues, the discussion came up regarding the public sector and the private sector jobs. This being a season of recession there was almost unanimous view on the table that the public sector jobs are the best because it’s the safest. What they failed to consider is the troubles which a person has to undergo in the public sector. People get riled up with the red-tapism associated with the public sector jobs.
Both the examples cited above have a common element in it. People looked at the positive aspect of other people’s life and felt that they are worse compared to them. The grass is always greener on the other side.
If you look at the other people’s lives from your point of view, it would always look better. If you put yourself in their shoes, you might take a different view. May be the grass would look green on your side.
3 comments:
Ya thats true but its natural human tendency we cant say its wrong....u cant always put urself in others shoes and think from their point, after all we are all not saints.
Spot on! This is a learning that I also have had. Good things in life are always difficult to achieve. But this is the way to keep us happy and moving ahead in life!
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