The Joy is right within us but you have to find it

I have been thinking about it for a long time but never got a proper answer for my query. Here is a simple question ‘just what you do for having happiness?’

It sounds a simple question but for me it has always been a tricky one as I could never get a satisfactory answer for this question.

Let’s look at it from a different angle, you can’t find happiness in a market which you can go and buy from a shop. If you ask me the same question I think I have a ready answer for that. The happiness is right within us but we are not aware of it or do not know how to find it.

I am not sure if you have ever heard about Kabir Das, one of the greatest mystical poets of India. He was acknowledged as a saint despite having criticized religions but he has given a vast collection of couplets of wisdom to literature.

In one of his couplets he said that like the musk deer does not know about the source of smell and follows it everywhere in the forests we the human are the same. We are looking for joy which is right inside us. The need lies in the fact how to find it.

Actually, we are so used to see negative things that we overlook the positivity spread all around us. We feel happy seeing our neighbors in trouble. Honestly, how would you describe a person who says he always tries to be happy but he reacts sadly when he finds that his neighbor’s son has scored better than his own son?

How do you react when you hear the news that your colleague has been promoted? I am sure you will tell me all good things in response of my simplest of all such queries but the fact is that a person is never satisfied with what he is already having but looking for more. Finally the joy is within us the need is to find its source and enjoy it.

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