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happiness worth nothing

Everywhere in this country people are crying about price hikes and corruption. But I am surprised that the smile and happiness is still so cheap. There are so many incidents which forces me to think about this.


I was coming from office last night, and on the light signal there were two poor bagger kids, and you can see the expression changes on their faces with the reaction each person gave them. If someone scold the kids their faces went down, smile suddenly fade on their lips, and they don't let themselves downs and move on to next car or next biker. And when someone gave them a coin a sudden happiness and excitement filled them.

I was there in an auto rickshaw waiting for signal to turn green. One of those bagger was a girl she looked younger of two. I was looking at her movements and amazingly she was very active and talkative. She used to make cute face when asking for money. And when she get a coin from anyone she used to show it to the other one(may be her brother) to tease him.  Suddenly she turned and came to my side, I had a few coins in coin pocket of my jean. I was just picking it out but the signal turned green and auto moved. She looked disappointed because she know she missed another coin. I looked back to see but she was again in her natural spirits. I smiled and put that coin in my pocket deciding that I'll give it to her if I see her again.

I was visiting the orphanage and I saw that kids there was looking all happy and cheerful. I don't know if they ever knew they don't have family they lack so much of this world's comfort. But still they were perfectly happy. I asked sister to give me a tour around that place and sister called a helper to do the job.

There were all kind of people with trouble, trouble which would cause a simple person to think that how one can live like this, but I saw there is no sign of sorrow in that place. There were kids and others who was mentally and physically disabled. there were old peoples who were no longer respected by their mean sons or daughters.

I saw sister distributing candies which might be donated by someone, and that one little candy put a wider smile on those faces. I could see the happiness all around. This made me thank God for all that I have.

My faith for the one supreme power has increased. I know if he has given life he will give the strength to live, to fight, to stand smiling in the rain of sorrow. I know I have lost something, I don't have all the comfort of this world but I have friends, I have family and I have faith in God. And If you have faith if you can believe you can live, and not only live you can give others a reason to live.

I'll be waiting for the day when I see that little girl again to give that coin, which will give her a smile, A smile which would cost me only a small coin but a reason for being happy to one little child. And a divine happiness for myself, the happiness worth a little coin, the happiness worth nothing.
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Location: Chandigarh, India

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