Happiness

A reflection on happiness

Happiness

It was an evening in my regular life
I was just doing what I do the best,
Instead of climbing the mountain of duties
I was just taking my 24-hour rest.

Of course I had a phone in my hand
Scrolling through videos on “How To Be Better”
Those videos were screaming “Start Now”
My body was screaming back “Maybe Later”

I have lost things one after another
I myself have made my own life a mess
Now I am carrying the burden of regrets
Is it making a difference? more or less?

If I could hide in the remotest place!
If I could stop pushing the life-cart!
I am the unhappiest man in the world
I have made self-loathing an art.

Suddenly a video caught my attention
Titled “A Happy Man In Nature's Lap”
The thumbnail was showing a smiling man
Older than me; Just a Generation Gap?

He lives all by himself in a remotest place
He had never studied or gone to school
“Money is nothing, happiness is everything”
His words sure made me feel like a fool

He is not living there to hide any shame
He is not carrying any burden of lost years
“I AM THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD”
His declaration just made me burst into tears.