Happily Ever After

                                 As a child i was always drawn towards stories,especially the ones read to me. as I hear the stories the visuals taking place in my head ,my eyes in its dreamy state,though i have to say being a girl I was partial towards the Fairy Tales.............with a Happy ending. I remember getting caught up with the princess`s predicaments,worrying as to who would save her......the prince being a man and all , saves her and they fall in love and they live "happily ever after"..........
                   my eyes slowly closing , my face all relaxed.....
slipping into my sleep, although feeling sorry for all my bitten nails.......Totally sucking in to it !!!!!!
                         As an adult when i read bedtime stories to my kids......,and get to the part when  they lived Happily ever after The End,I see the same smile on their faces.That got me thinking....is it really the end,does it mean they don't have to slay anymore dragons,fight the curse of an evil witch or eat a poisoned apple......? when does one reach a point in life when you can say from now on I am going to be happy with a certainty......is n`t it more like a wish and a hope ! As i was pondering this question and debating whether i should explain to the kids about this..............and in the process living my happy life !!!!
                               I came upon Bhagawat Gita, quite by an accident...........as i was reading it, I felt more like giving up any min,I came upon a chapter called karma yogi ...........Lord Krishna says an ocean remains the same when it rains or when a river separates from it,it does not appear larger or more glorious when there is rain nor does it appear less glorious when a river separates from it........The same way a man has to react when he gets joy or when he is down in the dumps......well that's alright for an ocean i thought !!....wondering whether happiness is just a state of mind ! do you just have to get up everyday and decide that i will be happy or decide i will not get upset...? do i have to work for it ,smile more,go out more,love more...........what is the true essence of happiness, Is it just an echo of what my heart thinks ? Then the ocean made sense to me......I can be vast in my thinking.....I can`t help who dumps on me , who uses me,who leaves me and who joins me but it is in my ability to be happy if I make up my mind to do so !!!!

  Then it struck me......“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.” ........Lets all live Happily Ever After !!!!!!