HOW TO BE HAPPY IN LIFE FULL OF DIFFICULTIES | Motivational story on happiness by Words of wisdom
Once upon a time, a man was going somewhere on a horse. After a long journey, his horse became very thirsty. But the man did not have any water left with him. He started looking around. Just then he saw a well, at some distance. He took his horse and came near to the well.
He saw that a farmer was watering his fields using a hut from the well. A hut was an old form of irrigation system in India, in which a wheel with equipment was mounted on top of a well. Bullocks were tied to that wheel with the help of a rope and they used to rotate that wheel. And as the wheel rotated, water would flow out of the well and then flow through the channel to irrigate the fields. The traveler requested the farmer to let his horse drink water. The farmer agreed and allowed his horse to drink water flowing through the channel. The traveler brought his horse near the channel so that his horse could drink water flowing through the channel. But as soon as the horse tried to drink water by bowing his head down, it would get scared listening to the rattling sound of the hut and go back.
The horse would again go ahead and try to drink water from the channel. But again, it would go back fearing the sound of the hut. The traveler kept watching this for a while. Then he asked the farmer to stop his bullock for a while so that the rattling sound stops and his horse could drink water. The farmer smiled and replied, my friend, as soon as my bullock stops, water will stop coming from the well and then your horse will not be able to drink water. And therefore, if your horse has to drink water, then it will have to drink it while bearing with the rattling sound from the machine. Otherwise, it will remain thirsty. If we see it in our life, we will find that this is the story of all of us. Our life is also just like that. During today's hectic life, we are so busy from morning to living that we do not get time to live the moments of happiness in our life.
Every day we have to face new challenges and new difficulties in our life. Some people think that when they will get retired, then they will enjoy their life and something that when all of their responsibilities will be over, then they will live a life of their choice. If you all think that only when the hustle and bustle of life stops, then we will enjoy our life. But what we think often does not happen. Life will always keep easy and new challenges and difficulties will always be there. But like in this story, the farmer said to man, if your horse has to drink water, then it will have to drink it while bearing the rattling sound of the machine. Otherwise, it will remain thirsty. Similarly, if you have to enjoy your life, if you want to live the moments of happiness in your life, then you have to live those moments of happiness amid this hustle and bustle of life. Otherwise, life will keep passing like this slowly and slowly and you will miss enjoying the important time of your life.
Therefore, while doing all the work, while fulfilling all the responsibilities, try to take out some time for yourself every day and do what you enjoy in that time. Be it meditation or spending time alone in nature. Be it spending time with your family or spending time with your friends or playing any sports. Do whatever you enjoy doing in your life. Live life like it is a celebration. Because one day, when you will look back, you will find that life was meant to be enjoyed and celebrated. You have wasted it worrying about things that did not matter.