Socien's Blog

13 July 2021, Tue. I got up minutes after 07:00 and headed outside where I basked the sun’s heat. Standing alone, my ears caught a sound that was not unique to it’s hearing history. It was a small bird that flies higher than its size only to have its wings take a serious beating at its body, generating a distinct sound “pa-pa-pa-rrrrr-pa”. It’s a statement that can be heard a few hundreds of metres away. When alone in the skies this bird speaks the language of happiness.

Disclaimer: Although, after some digging I identified the bird in discussion here as Eastern Claper Lark, I do not have any knowledge on taxonomy and birds altogether.

The observer my see you as causing pain to yourself, and be happy about it. Happiness is putting in less or even the opposite of what it may take to attain the said happiness and harvesting much of it. When crossing a river of this life you don’t balance on rocks you didn’t put. You smile because you put a smile in there and let it shine above its obstacles.

You have to appreciate your existence whole-heartedly. You have to welcome the fact that you still have a chance and time. This appreciation can happen with or without anyfone’s company. It is a rock you will need to cross the river of life happily. And all this points us to satisfaction, some consciousness to the being fact and the limitless sea of happiness it have for you. When you are satisfied you hold dearly at what you are and not what you think you should be. Contrary to the dominant belief, being satisfied does not mean that you have no milestones to achieve. Happiness itself is a milestone.

Flying high, this bird taught me, will depend on how best you can fly. Flying happily will depend on how resourceful you’ll get to be with your flying. Can you you find happiness out of those small things? Happiness is behind you. You don’t have to chase after it. It changes how you feel to tend priceless flowers at the home you are leaving behind than to strike a deal with a client you will soon forget. Things you chase after have the potential to change how you look. By they have less or no potential to change how you feel.

Happiness turns loneliness into a resource than keeping it a source of sorrow.