Happiness

Sometimes I wonder why we lead the lives that we lead? Why does the milkman distribute first thing in the morning.. the hawkers are in the market at dawn.. fishermen bringing back their catch.. why do kids get up and go to school.. parents rushing to work... where are we all rushing to? and more importantly why are we going to that one place when a new day begins? Are we doing this because we need to sustain our families? What is the driving force? Fear of poverty for some, lack of sufficient needs,want for more for the upper classes...
We all tell ourselves this is the life we asked for, this is the life God has given us, this is the life we dreamed of! But amidst all these thoughts,what is it that really matters to us?
For a baby just to be held in his mothers arms, for a child it might be going to school to show his friend his new toy, for a teenager to look at his secret crush, for the young adult how he's going to reach his goal, for the middle aged man how he is going to provide for his family and as we grow older, again, just for someone to hold us again.
Its strange, this journey we take ourselves on.. where people come and people go, but will it be the same without them?
What are each of us looking for in this race?This race where each of our goals are completely different,where we think all of our wants are completely different.
I think the only thing that can keep the journey smooth despite the ups and downs is to always remember that what we're working towards, whatever different things we'd like to call it , is actually just happiness! Because somewhere in the midst of all the survival we forget to be happy..
That's why we wake up and say we do it for survival every morning, but survival is not why we're actually working, its happiness :)