Enough?Truly happy?
She has had enough academic excellence, to know that's not what makes her truly happy;
For, academics have made her literate, not educated, anyway.
She has had enough money, to know that's not what makes her truly happy;
For, there are very few things that matter, that money can buy anyway.
She has had enough social recognition, to know that's not what makes her truly happy;
For, her own approval of herself, and not the society's, matter anyway.
She has partied hard enough, to know that's not what makes her truly happy;
For, she's just superficially having a good time anyway.
She has had a friends' circle that's big enough, to know that's not what makes her truly happy;
For, most friends have been friends for a reason or for a season anyway.
She has had enough men asking for her hand, to know that's not what makes her truly happy;
For, there hasn't yet been a deserving target for her love anyway.
However,
She has a lovely family to live for, and she can never have enough of them;
She knows that their very presence makes her truly happy.
She has been learning interesting things, and she can never have enough of it;
She knows that this makes her truly happy.
She has been visiting deprived kids, and she can never have enough of their company;
She knows that seeing them happy makes her truly happy.
She has stood courageously by her toughest promise until the promisee had enough of it;
She knows that her courage makes her truly happy.
She has learnt to live life on her own terms, has had enough of being answerable to anyone else;
She has learnt how to keep herself truly happy.
Book that Iam currently reading: Wise and Otherwise by Sudha Murty
posted by chutki @ 3:00 AM
13 comments
13 Comments:
Appears to be incomplete:yet there is a lot to learn dear, to be truly happy through out: seen & unseen, known & unknown,with & without!
Hope u wil include as an addendum later.
wonderful rendition...
very good post, no arguing on whatever you have written here.
Wise and Otherwise: I had simply picked it up off the shelf of some bookstore a year back.. nice read.. better read one story in one day.. when i was reading that book, many a time i felt about Sudha M, that "look at the guts of this woman, she is posting her very personal experiences which involve other people's life stories as it is, it would be very easily evident to the person in question that its their story she has put up"
"She has had a friends' circle that's big enough, to know that's not what makes her truly happy;
For, most friends have been friends for a reason or for a season anyway."
Hmm, this must have hurt a few people. Don't go alone anywhere near your friends after this.
Hi..
Happiness grow from innerself & circulated within that if anybody try to bring out the happiness out & match it with outer world..disaster..
Roy
hey seema awesome post..
interesting read..
Write something else! I've been staring at this since March 25th.
drop to ur blog after a long time. Hope u r studying well n still play a little bit chess :-). The mgr in making seems to be getting more confident and happy :-)
Really enjoyed reading all the connontations. I enjoyed the thought process.
Happened read once more. visiting deprived student, Gud. Do visit vatsalaya, mahalakshmi if you found time. Nice and interestng place !!!
[Usha]:Sure, mom.You can be rest assured, that the addendum's getting compiled at a rapid pace :)
[AncientMariner]: Thanks.
[Anoop]: Thanks.I totally agree on the 'guts' part.
[Arjun]:Those who don't belong there, know they don't :)
[Roy]:Hmmm
[Anon]:Thank you
[Arjun]: Iam replying to these comments after making two other posts.So you know how prompt Iam :)
[Flowerbud]: Wanna chess online sometime?
[Purnima]:Thank you.
[Flowerbud]:Sure will.Thanks for letting me know.
Nice post. Have given reference to your post in my blog and interpreted from my own perception.
I feel that its incomplete.
I think that what makes Sudha M to think beyond boundaries and unsatisfactory is they way she brought up. That is because of her parents. Hats off to them
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