My thoughts on "Reasons to Smile in the days of Darkness"

Fire in Building killed 9!

Terrorism resulted in massive destruction!

Earthquake destroyed the whole of the village.

Thinning of the green layer in India has increased pollution, change in weather and threat to Natural Resorces. Difficult days ahead!

Reading the above headlines, for a moment, I lost interest in life.

I am tired of doom and gloom headlines...

Count your blessings, we're told, but it’s just not in our nature. We'd rather count our problems. Our species survived by reacting instantly to threats and the ancient humans who stopped to smell the roses made easier targets for Predators.

Today, the predators are mostly gone, but we’re still so primed to pay attention to bad news that we tend to ignore what’s going well. As soon as we solve one problem, we take the progress for granted and find a new cause for alarm. Every now and again it doesn’t hurt to take stock of just how/what good we have it. For instance, Darkness.

Know not how Darkness became a synonym for miseries of Life. Perhaps, Authors and Poets have to be blamed for using Darkness to the difficulties/troubles in their similes. Even today, Darkness holds the same negative meaning and most of us are timid towards IT.

I strongly oppose and disagree on this conventional understanding of Darkness! Any Couple who has enjoyed the moonlight dinner, Infant’s Mother who has fed her child showing Moon and Person who has enjoyed the nature’s amazing piece of art on the clear Sky will surely join me in this aspect.

Darkness like Brightness is the integral part of the Nature. Just imagine how the World would be without Darkness! It would certainly be a typical ugly creation having a single nostril for inhaling only, no way to exhale...

Sunset welcomes Darkness, the Darkness for which every living species would be waiting for….. to repose. This relaxation rejuvenates our mind and body for the next day! The calmness of this Darkness will warm you up to Smile for the next day.

Moon, Stars and other galaxies excel in this Darkness carving a broad SMILE on all of us@World! Cool Breeze and blooming of few flowers like Queen of Bethlehem adds on value to the Darkness.

Ultimately, Brightness and Darkness are God’s bequest for all species to act and relax!

Only a night in the month may be devoid of Moon and Stars! So what a beautiful smile of yours with a shining denture will brighten IT up!

If the Darkness still exists as negative factor, I shall travel with you for awhile.

O.K. Darkness may be miseries of Life, but still you can smile to motivate yourself on the path. It all depends on individual mindset how to lead a life. Look at the Lotus, SHE smiles all the way her short span of life in the midst of the Sludge.

To Live happier, more fulfilling lives, when we encounter a difficult circumstances, we must keep shift our perspective and continually ask ourselves, “Is there a wiser, more enlightened way of looking at this seemingly negative situation?”

One of the great physicists is reported to have said that we live on a minor planet of a very average star located within the outer limits of one of a hundred thousand million galaxies. How is that for a shift in perspective? Given this information, are your troubles really that big? Are the problems you have experienced or the challenges you might currently be facing really as serious as you have made them out to be?

We walk this planet for such a short time. In the overall scheme of things, our lives are mere blips on the canvas of eternity. So have the wisdom to enjoy the journey and savor the Process.