For the want of a shoe, the horse was lost,
For the want of a horse, the rider was lost,
For the want of a rider, the battle was lost,
For the want of a battle, the kingdom was lost
All for the want of a horseshoe nail.
-Benjamin Franklin
We always dream of bright future and big success. Whenever we plan about our life it is full of only big things created by those big dreams. Life indeed is made up of small things, ordinary and small events. Julia Fletcher Carney said, “Little drops of water, little grains of sand make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land; so the mighty minutes, humble though they be, make the mighty ages of eternity.”
The truth is real happiness, a true happiness come without expectations, is in these small things not in big achievements. Smile of a three year old baby, the warm feeling of a small kid’s palm when it holds our finger, a small meaningful tear in the beautiful eyes, a small smile in the lip, a butterfly in a garden, few exchanges of trust and beautiful words with friend and dear ones also gives happiness. Such happiness does not take permission from us to enter into our life, they just enters and make our moment beautiful. Sometime towards a complete stranger also we share our happiness with our eyes, with a small smile and few beautiful words like thank you and good day. Some small things are more beautiful when we exchange it, small is so easy to exchange; negligence that enrich its value.
When I left my home for higher study my goal was to get degree and job, which is the big thing. Today I got what I wished and working for the new wishes that I will achieve one day. But when I went back to those days the things that make me smile in a lonely evening is those small things. Small fight with tutor of the hostel, interesting story of our senior, evening walk with friends, and pulling lacks of dear ones, those joke and those fun mixed up with little adrenaline. Those small moments makes my life more beautiful. “Friend in need is friend indeed”, how true the statement is but many people don’t understand the real meaning. It may be because of the negligence; negligence due to small. All those small moments are not sweet in test, some bitter and spicy moments make the life more beautiful. It is like small amount of salt and chilli enhances the taste of curry. The memory of those small moments of friendship is the most important moment in life and that makes our life wonderful.
Few small and meaningful word of my teacher and respectable people makes my life meaningful, those small moment spent inside library and those small books I read and those small moment spent inside the classroom make this life more interesting. The small mistake in my Hindi brings small happiness to my friends and colleagues, and their happiness is my memory, a memory that will bring smile on my face when I am alone.
Fear of exam, excitement of result, an unknown feeling when we wear new dress, increases in heartbeat rate because of some wonderful reasons, beautiful eye contact and those small words. These are the small things that make our big dream meaningful. So many small things I want to share, many are just to feel, unable to share. I know you are also feeling those small things and happiness created by it........
Good day..
