Monday, March 5, 2007

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:

Subhash Rao said...

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!

Unknown said...

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 ......

Subhash Rao said...

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.