Well, you must be thinking that I'm just going on about a "Happy Life' but don't know really about how to Lead such a Life. Well, this post is entirely about how you can do so!
Just follow these simple steps:
- Be happy always
This doesn't mean to just stick a wide-fake smile up your face and walk around and go with that face everywhere. It's to really enjoy the finer aspects of life. For example, you're driving to say, a hill station nearby, but don't just drive there and think of this in mind that "I'll have fun and some relaxing time there", instead keep looking out to the surroundings. Chances are, you might see some beautiful sights just outside your car window while you're driving. If this happens, stop if possible, and absorb the scene that got your attention!
- Make the best of things
Life isn't perfect, and good times are not always as frequent as those in movies, but all the same, some good moments can be made such that they will be remembered for life.
Below are such examples of what I've written till now. All pictures are clicked by me.
I was getting bored with the 3 hour drive, but rain lashed streets had a different opinion of mine(en route Nagarbera, a village in Assam)
It was just about to rain, but this awesome scene from my grandpa's home in Guwahati, Assam(India) had to hit my camera
I had been cycling all day, and got bored of doing that too. So I decided to explore the house. But look what I found here!
So this is how I made my last trip to a village and a relatively less lively and smaller city that where I live, more lively, fun, and most importantly memorable. But there's just a little more!
Look at what I found, waiting to be seen by my eyes!
Took a close up, don't know when I may get the opportunity to see such a sight again!
That's all for today's Happy-Life-Trip. Hope this post left you a bit more enlightened in ichever respect whatsoever!
This post is a direct continuation of the post: "Dog Story 2" which was published onMay 3, 2009.
http://bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/05/dog-story-2.html
Day before yesterday, I was in for a shock, and a pleasant surprise. I was just looking down the balcony to the deserted mid-afternoon street below, when I saw a little while speck amongst the green bushes that form kind of a boundary outside the house. It took me only a second to realise what that speck was.
The PUPPIES! Oh My GOD!! They are back!!!
I ran down the stairs to see them. When I looked down the bylane adjacent to our house, I saw the other two pups in the far corner of the lane, rummaging through thrash for food. I immediately ran up to them and fetched them to the field. But just before, I shouted out to my family to inform them of our 4-day-gone guests. I guess the Municipality guys dropped them off somewhere nearby, and luckily they found their way back.
This was the PLEASANT SURPRISE, but then came the SHOCK!
On closer inspection, I found that the ears of all the three pups were BURNT, a little, but nevertheless, BURNT! And one of them lost half his ear to this outworldly sign of CRUELTY!! God never let such a SINNER live a single day in PEACE!
The wounds must have already been a day old, and the pups were missing for four days. I made a quick mental note never to let the pups out of sight for an unreasonably long time.
The ear is half burnt out/cut whichever, leaving this poor pup disfigured.
HOW COULD PEOPLE BE SOOO CRUEL? What has this world come to? What harm do these gentle creatures mean to us that we humans carry out such acts of extreme and pure EVIL?
Even though we humans have had thousands of years of evolution in all aspects, one important tid-bit got left out. And I think that was "Kindness" and "Self-less Love." Such issues are even bigger than the Global Economic Recession too.
We all should remember this quote:-
"Live, and Let Live"
Music, melody, a charm ain't it. Hearing it pleases our ears, soothes our minds, makes us calm. I think I've already justified the importance of music in a single line!
I love music too, listening to it on my computer, radio, 
We can't even imagine a world w/0 music!
I'll tell you a secret to hear geniune music:-
-Get up early in the morning.
-Get cleaned and dressed(nothing fancy).
-Go to the nearby field/park and find a spot to sit beside the trees.
-Stay there and meditate for some time.
It's harmonious isn't it, and it has such qualities that can put you in a deep trance and even deeper state of mental peace and rest.
Even maybe playing the "harmonium" or the "guitar"(not the electric one please!) has similar effect on our minds and heart(it's proven that the hear beat soothes down).
So go ahead, dash with those tunes.
Well, in our life, we move to different places, meet many people, and meet different TYPES of people too. There are many types, and I've come across many, so here's a quick description:-
Cool - These people only care about how they are looking, how their hair is and whether their dress and hair is shabby or not. They don't give a darn to others, and many a times, find it pleasing to insult others, even if it's behind their backs.
Weird - I mean, everyone must have come across some of these people, they act strangely, talk about unexpected things, are totally unpredictable, and sometimes, you'll wonder where have you gotten yourself stuck. However, they don't hold ill will against anyone.
Geeky - There are "bookworms." They study in class, do everything to impress their teachers, come with all homework done, and if anyone hasn't done theirs, they make sure to tell the teacher!
Easy Going - These are the ones who don't care about what others think about themselves and do what they really want. And these guys are my friends. They are the most fun to be with too! They make studying in a class fun and relaxing, not to mention humorous.
Players - The players, as soon as break time starts, they would be playing in 
So, I pretty much have given an in-short description of different types of people in school and college mostly. Hope you are able to identify yourself among one of them.
We all dream of a perfect holiday, away from the city, away from the touches of mobile network, no more loud cars honking all day, no more threatening calls from your boss. It's just you, or more if permit. It's all the more away from any civilization.
Whenever I think of such a paradise, two places come up to my minds:-
1. The Amazon forests
2. Isolated islands north of Australia
I once saw a programme on Animal Planet, and I must say, it left me awestruck. The breathtaking beauty of the islands, of those birds, I wish I could post their pictures here too, but try as I might, I can't find them. These places have the quality to put any one to the deepest of the calmness, pushed into depths with nothing but just the sounds of the birds chirping, or the rustling of the trees, or maybe the waves crashing down like the very Poseidon in joy.
Ti's just so interesting, how the power nature can work such wonders right in front of us, and yet many of us never pay it the slightest heed till we actually experience it.
Such is the case with animals too, but that will have to wait for now.
