secret of happiness
Mr.Sampath, true to his name , was a well to do person with all the appurtenances of the rich as also the illnesses of the same.
So he used to go for the morning walk every day outside his palatial bungalow , which was next to a beautiful park.
On the way , he used to come across an old man , dressed in rags ,sitting outside a shanty , which he called his home , warming himself in the morning sun,
but with a beaming face and a ready smile at all the passers-by.
After a few days , Mr. Sampath started smiling back at the old man.
Strangely, Mr.Sampath started feeling better and better after this .
One day , Mr. Sampath stopped by the old man and asked him the secret of his happiness.
The old man gazed at Mr.Sampath with the same beaming face, and told Mr. Sampath.
" It is very simple ,As soon as I get up in the morning , I go to my mirror and see myself
and I say to myself
You old goat! A new day has dawned, You have 2 choices before you
-1. be happy and cheerful throughout the day and spresd the cheer around you.
2. be morose and suffer in silence all alone and be a drag .
Well. I always choose the first option ."
Mr. Sampath was so happy to know this secret that he too determined to follow the example of the old man.
Somedays later, Mr. Sampath found another option to the two already mentioned by the old man
That was -
3. one can choose to be nirlipta and be not affected by the events of the day .
Visitor! What do you think?
3 comments:
Hello everyone! To start with, Mohan Ajja, I think this is a brilliant attempt to keep everyone apprised about the happenings back at adoormane, we really appreciate it.
The Bhaskar Rao and family will be regularly visiting this page.Some updates from the family :
I am on the verge of changing jobs, from being a Group Leader in a call-centre ,handling a team of 30, to a 'Business Analyst' in a small software company which employs total of 11 people working for it! God be with me on the jorney that I am about to embark on.
Amma and Appa are fine,(Appa is taking Amlopress L tablet for BP & Amantrel 100mg for Parkinson's problem, amma is taking Glychek M frote for controlling blood sugar, which has been normal.)Both are actively practising yoga and pranayama and it is really helping.
Sharat's upnayna went by smoothly, Prabhakar chikkappa was here for the ceremony on 28th Feb 07(held at Raghvendra Matha in Pune). The acharya performed the upnayana as per his own customs. The ceremony started at around 6:00 AM and was over by 10:00 AM, including lunch!
The most important update here is that Appa, Amma and me are planning to come down to Mangalore by car (Maruti 800) on the 1st of April and return on 6th ot 7th April. I have asked my new company to allow me to join them on the 9th, so that I can meet everyone after a long gap of 2-3 years.I will mention an update here once all plans are concrete.
That's all for now. God bless all!
hello everyone!Thank you mahan ajja for creating this blog ,Nice way to keep in touch with the addoormane .Will spare some time to visit this site and leave my comments.As of now i am really tied up with work,We have been given deadlines to complete a part of our project here in doha.
Congratulations to surya chikkappa on being the father of a baby girl.
Vidhyakka, Congratulations to u ,Wish u a HAPPY MARRIED LIFE.
HATS OFF TO YOU MOHAN AJJA ......
Written by Bhaskar
1.One more secret of happiness is to say good for every incident.This is
what Chandra mava used to say when I was young by supplementing by a story of a king and minister(Raja and mantri for king and minister respectively and 'Olled' for good. For further detail of this story ask Ajith.)
2.We will not be able to come next month as Subash is invovled in yet another motorbike accident in which he badly bruised his right hand and he is in bandage now.Fortunately there is no fracture.
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