Are you happy? Right now?

Have you ever met a person who is happy all the time? Not who looks happy by hiding a pain with a smile. Someone who is really happy from both inside and outside? Well, I have. She was one of my friend from school who always got a smile on her face. All our classmates loved to hangout with her as she was friendly and funny. I actually never seen her with a sad face.

''You are the happiest person I know'' I said to her one day when she approached to us at the school canteen when we were eating ice cream. She smiled and sat next to me. ''Seriously, what is your secret? Tell us also. We want to be like you too.'' ''Mmm may be that's because I live in the moment'' was her answer. ''What is that suppose to mean?'' I asked.

''That means you all took lunch in the interval thinking 'can't wait to eat an ice cream after this'. But I enjoy rice when I eat rice and conversely I enjoy ice cream when I eat an Ice cream. I don't think about ice cream when I eat rice. I somehow find a way to make my current task interesting like listening to a song when I do the dishes instead of thinking about having a nap after doing the dishes ''

Lord Buddha has said ''the secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to LIVE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT wisely and earnestly''. If you think about it you will realize how many of us go to school or work in Monday thinking about weekends and holidays. Why can't we enjoy school with our friends, listen to teachers while teaching and take notes with color pens? Why can't we make our workplace more pleasant by cleaning, keeping a little plant on the desk and being friends with co workers? Those aren't that hard.

Think about an assignment which we all hate but have to do somehow. The mental satisfaction we get after doing it perfectly while really enjoying it is so much cooler than the satisfaction we get after doing it as we have to while blaming and murmuring. We can enjoy the getting ready part before going to a party as well as we enjoy the party. In that way we will be happy at least for most of the time.