Postponement of happiness

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This is an anecdote I once heard retold in my own

words.

 

Mr.X was studying in his 12th standard when he

fervently prayed to God to help him clear his exams

and make him very happy. He couldn’t imagine anything

bringing him more joy than a good result. He did pass

his 12th with flying colors but it hardly made him

smile as his degree seemed to take up all his

attention.

 

He managed to pull through his degree and landed

himself a nice decent job with a good salary. He

thought all this should pave way for his happiness.

But it didn’t seem to. Maybe it was because he was

single and was ready to put an end to his lonely days.

 

After wedding a suitable girl also he couldn’t be

happy .Maybe a son could make life more interesting.

With God's grace he got a healthy son .But he still

wasnt happy.

 

 

So many things had to be done still. A school had to

be chosen, the son had to be given a decent education,

else he would be made fun of by his friends. He had to

prove to the world that his son was better than other

children.

 

 

So now Mr.X is on a quest to give his child the best

of education and he had to work hard for it.After

retirement also he had to take up odd jobs so his son

could study at a good foreign university.

 

He convinced his son to come back after his education

and look for a job in India. For sometime job hunting

made him nervous and tense but soon even the son

landed a plum job. The old man still wasn’t satisfied

with this and thought it was time get his son

married.Such an eligible bachelor he was, he would

fetch a huge amount of dowry.

 

Maybe then they could buy another new house,a nice

car and have a fat bank account. All this happened

just the way the old man (Mr.X) wanted but he still

wouldnt smile. Nothing made him happy.He was

constantly worrying about the future and always

planning the whole career of his unborn grandchildren.

This kept him busy for a while but he could wait no

longer and began to pester his son for grandchildren.

 

 

In due time, grandchildren were born to him.Even they

could not make him smile. Ultimately his whole life

became a quest for the happiness he always sought and

never found.....

 

 

 

Where was his happiness? Did it happen when he cleared

all his exams? Did he even smile when he got a job or

got married or had a son or had grandchildren playing

with him??????

 

 

That happiness was of short duration and just made

him more nervous and anxious for the future .

 

However there was only one place you could see Mr.X

laughing and smiling……..

It wasnt even a real smile or genuine happiness.

Where was this?...................

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"In his portrait after his demise...."

 

(And that too because the photographer had forced

him!!!!!!!)

 

 

 

The moral of the story is that we have everything we

need in life now. We assume something or the other

would make us happy but that happiness is only short

lived.Here was a man who had everything and who could

have made his life happy and probably someone else's

as well.But he chose to be greedy and overlook all his

blessings and thought material things or relations

could make him happy.

 

 

 

God has given us everything we need. Let us end our

greed and useless desires. If you are desirous of

something let it be for the love of GOD and let it be

for His mercy on you.

 

Life is beautiful.Dont postpone your

happiness.Smile!!!!!Spread a lot of joy!!!!!!!

This is what God meant for you. The present moment is

the most beautiful one.

 

 

Who knows Kal Ho Na Ho??????????

 

 

MAY SAI BLESS US ALL!!!!!!

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