Home.

Home?!

The place where I spend my childhood

The room that saw me evolved into a woman from a little one

The pillows that caressed my broken heart’s tears

The white curtains that let inside the breeze of joy into me

And ever changing colors of wall that let out my mood

The veranda which let me be intoxicated with the smell of fresh earth

Is that my home?

Or

Is it the place where I learned to rise back after a fall?

Land which taught me to survive without friends or even foes

Abode where loneliness was welcomed as a long lost friend

Opportunities which waited for me to embrace

Busy-ness which offered a pseudo invisibility

Mundane routines which make me yearn for weekends

Is this land away from my native, my home?

There are times when the contrasts of both places frustrates me

Yet I find peace in all these chaos 

But which one is home to me?

These days I feel at home in some moments

In some people and in some memories

These days I feel at home in my laughter

In my ambitions and in my happiness

These days I find home in myself.

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Happiness is a By-product.

When was a child, if someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up, I would say “Happy”. Yes. I just wanted to be happy. No matter what job I did, where I lived, how much I earned at the end I wanted to be happy. I wanted to cuddle in my bed with a smile. But as years piled in my age, as time passed, as I graduated from a student to employed, as I left my country for another place, the happiness also started blurring. The intensity just reduced. And then one day, I couldn’t even find it. There was not even a trace of her. (Let’s assume Happiness is a woman.)

I searched for her here in heaven and earth, in different countries, in various jobs, between different people, even in food, but I just couldn’t find her. I got tired. I stopped wandering searching for her. But after a while, I found that happiness couldn’t be found anywhere except within you.

I understood that happiness is not a life status. It’s a state of mind. Usually happiness is ephemeral. It lasts just for a short time. It’s because life is a mix of ups and downs. You can’t demand a life full of peaks without expecting a few slopes and gutters. And when you understand  that happiness is not a goal, by is a by product you reach a state of ultimate happiness, where you take everything with positiveness and a grateful heart and also with hope that the next day Sun will shine brighter. 

So,

What is happiness for you? Are you happy at the moment?

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