My mind is
perplexed and full of things I need to complete before the sun sets. Managing the
little chores, deciding the dinner , take the little one to the park, make use
of every bit of her time to ensure that she doesn’t stop at mediocrity and
excels at world level. The office phone rings for the latest product rates and best
negotiation. I am trying to find out time to log into the laptop to get hold of
the costing and adding up my margin to crack the deal. There rings the bell,
and it is my long-ordered parcel from a site I chose to try for the first time.
Excited to open the parcel and as my hand reaches the salo tape, TING TONG TING
TONG , alas the bell rings again. “aunty can we take Ivanshi to the park?” Tiny
Little Ivanshi cannot make her own way to the park, so her mommy and her little
pink teddy accompanies her to the park.
Every
morning I meditate to balance my emotions and vent out the negativity. Reading The
5am Club does inspire me to make a leap into that journey but sometimes our
mind answers more that what we want it to answer. Change takes time and it is a
process. As I sit back to write, I realize every bit of the daily routine that
we do is full of small little things giving us so much happiness to push more
in the coming days and set our goals. We all live in a world full of hustle,
bustle, social media updates or rather distraction. The span of our focus has
reduced miserably and has further led to decline in our excellence and
happiness. To sit back and think, mornings are the best time not because a new
day has begun but the way the new day starts is what decides our beautiful journey
of the day. Each one of us has our circumstances and limitations to choose
that. Until we experience new and break our barriers, we do not know where lies
the happiness. We might be aiming for big cars and big houses, but the journey
of that car and the house starts, right, when we enjoy the process of attaining
it. We forego the small things that are just happening around us everyday to
keep wanting for more.
Looking at
your little kitchen garden grow with fresh spinach, spring onions and tomatoes
for your afternoon salad is a blissful feeling. A small session of 10 mins
where you can just look at the sky and forget what is beneath is a breathtaking
experience in itself. The sweat after an
intense workout is a strong motivator for you to push your physical limits, irrespective
of the extra muscles or fat that you burn or not. The morning breeze touching
your face and silently kissing your cheeks can sometimes be the best morning
kisses. Your favorite breakfast at the table with a glass of hot milk can beat
the tiredness of all the past. An unexpected gratitude from your near ones adds
the cherry on the cake. The email with the order that you have been so longing
for gives that spark in your eyes to keep trying harder. The drive on way back
home with your favorite song at volume 25 makes you groove and just be yourself.
The beautiful kids at the park with so much innocence and playfulness make you
be like them and live life all over again. And to top it all, a kiss on the
lips and a whimsical “Thank You Mumma” from your little one just completes the
day. All small things around us are full of beauty and ecstasy. It is ethereal.
The best part is that it all around us, we do not have to participate in the race
to get that medal.
Our happiness
is within us. External factors and naysayers cannot make us happy or sad because
if we have built the strong aura of happiness within us, we are capable of even
changing the world. “Who cares what you
say when I know what I am doing.” Build that self confidence and be the master
of your own journey because a penny less or penny more, size L or XS, 5ft tall or 6 ft tall, 2 kids or no kids, single
or divorced, job or no job, you still have it all. We just need to create the
magic to live that magical life with the attitude of accepting the small,
beautiful things around us.
Appreciate, Acknowledge & Adore the Beauty in Small things !!!
