I heard this phrase for the first time, on TV, while watching a trailer of the movie "The Pursuit of Happyness". It puzzled me , made me wonder "what an interesting phrase!" The pursuit i.e. chase/quest for happiness? Isn't this the core of Hindu philosophy? The quest for the ultimate truth, the quest for constant happiness devoid of worldly miseries? (it also happens to be one of the phrases in the United States declaration of Independence,which goes - Life, Liberty , and the Pursuit of happiness). It got me thinking...
All of us, in our day-to-day hurried lives keep telling ourselves - ' let me get that,I'll be happy', 'let me achieve this, that'll put me on top of the world!' and so on and so forth. Have we really been happy on getting *that* ? Yes, may be for a few hours/days. After that? Well, we have something new to *achieve*, something new to *buy/get* aaand are unhappy/at unrest until that is achieved!
How weird, isn't? The underlying goal (if I may say so) of every human being is to be happy - which we think, can be attained - may be buying a house, getting an admit into the most coveted University, high paying job , beautiful/handsome spouse ...and the pursuit continues...
I'm not different! I keep falling into this trap every now and then. However, of late, I started realizing that one can never truely be happy by pursuing 'happiness' . Happiness can only be found within.
My favorite quote goes "Being happy does not mean everything is perfect, it means that you've decided to look beyond imperfections..." Perfect!! isn't it? :)
But as they say, 'its easier said than done' ! Will post on this topic again, once I succeed ;)
1 comment:
Well said! Pursuit of happiness is a never ending task but pursuing happiness is continuous and satisfying. Pursuit of happiness is like making a windows machine as a server. We get satisfaction for some time until it becomes really bugging to call for a reset and re-pursuit. Pursuing happiness is like using a linux server. It may not be "pleasant" to look at or work with but it is long lasting. If you thought i am crazy comparing two completely unrelated things. You are correct. That's just me.
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