Sunday, May 19, 2013

The Key to Happiness

Kids are funny. They are happy, content. Content with what they have at that very moment. Content with the little train of blocks they built, with the pancakes they ate for breakfast, with a trip to the park, with a candy, with popcorn, with any little happy thing that means a world to them. They don't pretend. They can't. And that is because they are full of innocence, of truth. They have no fear (apart from the fear of getting a timeout). They don't understand the social issues and concerns. They just be what they are and do what they want to do, happily. They don't whine about the past and worry about the future. They live in the present, in the moment.

They have THE key to happiness.

How easy or difficult it is to be a kid, be content, and be happy? Easy for them, difficult for us. I wish I could be like San, not all the time, but at times, when I need to.


12 comments:

  1. Divy San has a warm nest She lives with love around her With peace. Thats why she can play without being worried.
    Its not always like that in small kids lives.
    I have seen ...
    and Divy u can be like San But then u have to make a click in ur head and thats My dear friend Impossible.Í became a philosohpor.lol

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    1. Agreed, Marij. But then, I feel that the basic instinct of the kids is the same throughout the world. They easily find happiness in little things, oblivious to the big bad world out there. For us grown ups, it really is impossible to be like that.

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  2. True that. I wish I could be like my nephews.

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  3. Very nicely and truly said.The kids enjoy the present unaware of past and future unlike the adults.Their guileless innocence adds to their charm

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  4. Yes, the key to happiness is in front of us!! But to grab it and unlock bliss is difficult (at least for me :( )

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  5. That is true. If only we could do that.

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  6. Simplicity, lots of nap time, an open mind. If only life could be that simmple

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  7. I love to your kids for a wonderful time with MUM!
    When I has my two kids ..it was a long time of years....
    Nice to see you Divvo!

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    1. Nice to see you too, Michiko! Hope you're doing well.

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