Live to Love...Love to Live!

The clock struck 0’clock and an ear deafening sound exploded in the party hall. It was my party host who was excitedly wishing and urging people to welcome the New Year. Yeah! True a new year was really there, but what about “happy”? I really wonder at times why everyone celebrates so much for that one night. But on a deeper thought I feel that if they didn't they wouldn’t have been saying “happy”. Knowingly or unknowingly we keep saying it because we are lost in the spirit of celebrations. From the lightest music to the hardest drink we have it all in our parties. Lost so much into it that we really forget who we are and what are we going through and sadly I guess that makes us say “happy”. The year is new but the life is still a continuation and nothing miraculously is going to make it happy. So what does it take to be happy throughout the year? The answer is simple and that is “ your acceptance toward it” . Start being happy and stop measuring it. I am sure it will not cost ...

This title may sound intriguing but we all often deal with it – yes with our own comfort zones… We live in our comfort zones; unmoved and unshaken; without accepting any change. The same newspaper, the same local train, the same job, the same evening coffee, the same green grocer and the same routine – but we are happy as we call ourselves stable and comfortable. We never feel to do away with the things that we repeatedly do. Accepting change in people, environment or even small gadgets that we use gets miserable. What if the maid misses a day? What if the boss calls for a presentation? What if the cable connection is off tonight? We expect things to go on as we the way we are habituated to them all the time. Not because they add any charm to our lives but they tend to get an integral part of our unchallenged lives. We never see ourselves comfortable in doing something that we haven’t done before. We expect a lot of things to happen but are never willing to disturb our smo...