THE LITTLE THINGS THAT GAVE ME HAPPINESS.

“Sometimes the littlest  things in life can make your whole world change.*

Begin with little efforts that add on to make a big difference in someone’s life. The happiness of life is made up of little things.  When I started my journey of life, I never knew what made me happy. As a tiny tot, I found happiness in talking to my friends, as a result of which I was given the crown of “Chatter Box” both at home and at school. May be chatting around made me happy, I really don’t know. Later on, I don’t remember when I became a reserved person. May be due to the transfers my father had and the change of place and friends.

     When I was in fifth, we were only a handful students in the class. All the school Assemblies, we were given  certain duties. Sometimes it was news reading, sometimes leading the prayer, or Giving the “Thought of the day.” We had to explain and elaborate on which ever proverb we selected.  This made me search for proverbs from books and somehow I got interested in it and started enjoying it too. As I went to higher classes, it was writing a quote on the blackboard. By then I had more books from where I could choose the quote for the week. My father had inculcated the habit of reading books . Another habit he instilled in us was writing in the diary, the day to day incidents of life.

     As I grew up, that became a habit I enjoyed. Whenever I read a book and I found some lines interesting, I would jot it down in my diary, which I used in the classroom blackboard or bulletin boards. When I became a teacher, I started collecting bookmarks with quotes and I took immense care of those by pasting it in an album according to the topic. This gave me immense pleasure. I used it in my class room display board. Then I was entrusted the work of putting thought for the day, near the HM’s Office and the bulletin boards.  The quotes used to be based on the topic chosen by the class teacher for the Assembly.  With the Centenary block coming up, we had a notice board for parents.  Quotes had to be put along with pictures,  that enhances the quote.  Sometimes suggestions used to come from all sources for better pictures and efforts were taken to search for better pictures from colorful magazines.

   When I quit teaching, my little happiness just faded away. Then I joined the social network and once again I started with my quotes as my status messages. There were a lot of friends who encouraged me and also a few with words of appreciation. Some felt inspired reading it, while others left a note of thanks for the encouraging words.  A few of my friends who knew me well, encouraged me to start a page. My niece also kept compelling me to do it. Since I used to do a lot of handiwork, which was something which gave me lot of happiness. Those handwork was something I made and gifted my friends. The thought was always there at the back of my mind.

   When I became handicapped with doctor’s advice  of stopping my craft work with my right hand, I had to keep away from doing something I loved . I took to writing about my experiences and my journey through cancer. There were a lot of small books which I had collected over the years and the sayings which I had copied down in my diary. I decided to start a page, where I could also put the poems written by my little niece. The books I had bought during my teaching days, came out of its hiding place.

   I restarted that “Little thing” which had become special for me and which gave me happiness. I have to thank my niece for always being after me and encouraging me to start the page and also helps me with quotes and pictures. I would also like to thank all my friends who have liked my page” Musings” and also takes time to browse through my page. If I am able to inspire at least one person daily, that makes my effort a fruitful one. I feel happy that I am again doing that “Little thing’”, which I always loved from a time I can remember. Something,  which I have always loved doing  and also kept me happy. A work I did with a lot of zest . A small effort ,to create a positive attitude and also inspire those who took time to read them. Sometimes it is these little things that bring us a lot of happiness. If I can bring  a smile on a person’s face, or if someone can derive inspiration from it, then the effort I take is rewarded. And bringing a smile on a friend’s face gives me a lot of happiness and means a lot to me.