The quest for the reason behind unhappiness and the pursuit of happiness have always been there, at least in my mind's world its been lingering for a while...There have been these days of and on when I look for a hand, a shoulder, a gesture and the sight of none throws me into a say of feeling low..and wanted it to end
It all began when on a particular day last week when I voiced my depression in the form of a status message on Google Talk..it went some what like this..'Emotions..such a waste of time'...to that my dearest pal and also my first cousin wanted to know where that anger along with sadness was coming from.
I just told her heart ache is a direct descendant of emotions...why give way to emotions so strong that you let yourself get sucked into relationships...and with each relationship we develop expectations which in turn only lead to disappointments and eventually there is heart ache and pain...My question, is all this necessary?..to which she says..'all this is necessary, emotions are what make us human. The ability to feel is what makes us special and more 'in touch' than the so called 'detached' people. I felt better but was not completely convinced as that did not solve my problem of unhappiness.
Again later during the day another good friend of mine responded to my status and what he said made total sense, he said, 'the problem does not arise until you begin to expect', ' emotions are needed, relationships and love oxygen, but what is definitely causing the pain is expectations. Just quit expecting and that very moment you will experience contentment.
He gave me the answer I was looking for, and I put it to test today and it worked. As a matter of habit, I expected certain gestures from the one I loved, but when I did not get it, I just calmed myself inside and told myself, love needs to be unconditional and emotions should be only 'giving' rather than 'wanting or needing'...and what I was left with was a content smile from within..no negative thoughts and no ill feelings...only love..just love and joy..
I don't know if I made any sense in this post ...but it was a moment of triumph for me ...I had just won over sadness..and let the smile live on..and I wanted to share