I look around me,
And I see so much Sadness.
I look around me,
And I see so much joy.
I look around in crowded places
I look at all the empty faces,
I see them seeing the sadness, the emptiness
I see them look for Joy.
And I wonder why can’t they see
The joy and the beautiful things
That are as much there, if not more,
Right next to all the smoke.
Who convinced us all
That all the joy we see is unreal,
That beauty is rare and love is a fairytale,
And all the happy people
Are either foolish, delusional, Sick or high?
I see all these people looking for joy,
And not seeing it.
Going after happiness,
And not being it.
I wonder what will it take,
For them to believe,
That these are as good times as any,
That it’s ok for them to be happy.
-N
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January 8, 2019 at 4:39 pm
So true….
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January 8, 2019 at 5:05 pm
Thank you 🙂
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January 8, 2019 at 6:56 pm
Deep thoughts, well written.
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January 9, 2019 at 11:11 am
Thank you so much Sudha!
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January 9, 2019 at 1:20 am
nice! 🙂
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January 9, 2019 at 11:12 am
Thanks Jim! 🙂
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January 9, 2019 at 7:42 am
Amazing as always 🙂
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January 9, 2019 at 11:05 am
Thank you so much dear. 🙂
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January 9, 2019 at 10:35 am
Niharika! Such a touching and thoughtful observation. People like you are very caring and sensitive beings with a pure heart…we make do with joy and sadness in our understanding of things in this world.
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January 9, 2019 at 11:09 am
I wish to help, I wish to make people see that these are good times, there is so much love, kindness and beauty as oppose to what they promote on new channels these days.
I in fact have a plan…. 🙂
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January 9, 2019 at 11:13 am
Do share the plan n let the secret out 😀
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January 9, 2019 at 11:16 am
Soon! I am just waiting to have enough time to sit down and write a whole post about it. 🙂
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January 13, 2019 at 1:23 am
These are times as good as any! You are right. And you are right that so many people just lumber about with a dark cloud hanging over them for no good reason. Many in the world are suffering true hardship but most of the people in the world I live in are not. So thank you for your uplifting post. Nice one!
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January 13, 2019 at 6:43 am
Thank you Anne.
I have seen people living in true hardships, kids living on street, begging,still laughing and joking and happy in that moment that I interacted with them…..made me wonder what excuse do I have to be sad then? Who am I to complain…
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think wanting more out of life is bad. It’s good. That is how we and the world we live in, grows.
But disrespecting the advantage we already have by complaining, moping and throwing it away.. is the worst form of ignorance.
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January 13, 2019 at 1:30 pm
Well said. 🙂
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