Where Does Happiness Lie?

Happiness is a relative term. Its meaning changes person to person depending upon his culture, interest, occupation, aspiration, motivation & location.

Happiness is a state of mind free of all worries and heart filled with love, laughter and life. My happiness starts with many things. When I get up in the morning, my both kids wish me good morning and they come to me and hug me tightly. My wife is also not left behind to give me sweet smile. This makes my day.

When I go to balcony and see the morning beauty of nature makes me smile. It appears that music in air by chorus of birds and beauty of rising sun make the day set for rise and shine. This makes my heart filled with happiness and hopefulness.

Human is social animal and lives together by virtue of art of life, sharing, caring and loving. My happiness lies in when someone presents me with these gifts of art of life and other way round. My happiness enhances when I can be of any help to others.

Recently, I read an article that a man can grow happily when he starts donating out of his income. Moment he starts donating his time, money or energy to unprivileged people, his income and happiness bound to rise. If I look around in the world the most successful and richest person in the world, are those who are donating to unpriviledge from his income and also living the life for others with content and happiness.

Let's think how we should donate some part of our income to exponentially enhance our happiness quotients. So I am committed myself to donate something to needy ones, which I could not able to do so far.

So what do you think to make yourself happy?

Amazing Birthday's Return Gift!

My younger son, Swastik goes to day-care school after his regular class gets over by 12:30pm at Baldwin Boys' School. He is quite comfortable at his day care school, Mia Casa. He spent two precious years in this school. It was a great learning and improvement ground for him in last two years. I must complement and heartful thanks to team of Mia Casa.

The school celebrates kids' birthday in school and call their respective parents of the kids. We had also attended the birthday of Swastik. For a birthday boy, he feels more excited to celebrate with their friends, teachers and parents. More excitement comes in getting gift from others and also in distributing birthday's return gift. Normally we think of asking children to distribute candies or some other gift which kids are fond of.

Yesterday, when I reached home I found that a sapling pot at entrance of the gate. I asked my wife and said that Swastik got the birthday's return gift from one of friends. I was little surprised and elated that this gift may not be as sweet as cholocate or attractive as other gift but this gift can give the sweetest fruits to all of us. This gift may also made us realise that children are also coming forward to make our earth clean and green. They are trained, cautious and sensitive about out environment and mother earth. It's responsibility of keeping earth clean and green not just to few but many. 

This gift made us understood that seeds of greener environment should not be postponed and to be planted them in each one of us in right way. I think this is one of the best gift distributed by a child in his birthday's return gift. May be this is a small effort but it can have multiplier effect on the minds of many. I must appreciate the parents of birthday boy. Let's recognise the effort and follow the new trend towards making our mother earth greener & cleaner.

Colouring of Life!

Last month I addmitted my son, Satwik to keyboard class to engage him in extra curricular activities. I found that the institute has also art class along with multiple instruments classes. My son found to be interested in it since he has also little learnt it in previous school at Guwahati. With this view in mind I admitted him in the institute.

I was also exploring myself to engage myself either in some instrument or art class. I was exploring one because I could go together with my son and also comes back together. More than this, I was exploring to to do something for myself which some point in my life had desire and dream but some how I could not do so...Art class so tempting for me that it appears my distant desire looks to be fulfilling once I join and learn. Without much of thought I discussed with teacher and he okayed to take me to join the class. He took some test by giving me to do colour and he told me that I can learn but I have some fear and lack of confidence. Nevertheless, it was quiet obvious I was doing some colouring at different phase of life after just small strokes in childhood, and even I am not regular art person or even I am not use of colouring.

But one thing was there with me that I realised I have passion for colouring. Passion to paint my creativity and imagination. I am delighted to join the class and started the colouring.

While joining, I realised that there is a light of desire within me to take art as passion. I am quiet happy to join and enjoy every moment of my learning. When Friday comes,  I excited to eagerly wait for going art class on weekends. What a beautiful moment it is. I think, I made right decision to fulfilling my distant desire.

Can We Learn Leadership Lesson from Kid

IOn 2nd July, my elder son has birthday. So when he got up in the morning, myself and my wife wished him with love of  hug and warm kiss. He also called his grandparents and sought their blessings. He dressed up in colourful dress and took a lot of candies to distribute them among school's friends and teachers.

While he was in school, class teacher calls the birthday boy and asks him to choose one friend to help him to go along around the school to distribute the candies.Boys are found to be excited to be with the birthday boy and most of them request for being part of it. Initially my son thought of choosing his best friend, Khalid. In mean while a boy who is just ahead of his desk and also new to class requested him to accompany him. He has not got any chance called by any of classmates.

The class teacher callled him and asked him to choose one of the boys to assist in helping him. He was asked by teacher to turn back without facing class and select one boy. As many of his friends requested to accompany him. Without much of thought he finally choose the new boy. The boy was quite happy and thanked him.

Satwik shared the story to me and then we realised that he had shown his leadership quality. Normally, boys choose his best friends to accompany him by giving friendly assistance and anticipate a never ending the friendship. I liked the way he thought about it and choose his new friend accompanying him. He had chosen the boy who was not got opportunities, may be this is a small effort but this gives a lesson for others. Leadership is about giving chance to each of team members and take them along in every walk of life. He made an effort to make friendship stronger and healthier.

I am quiet happy and elated to know the story told by him. I can see the leadership style of my son. Well done my boy!