Friday, March 6, 2009

Why Is It So Hard To Smile?


I get into the bus... *push* I stand... *shove* I swear. #@$#%$ There, that's all it takes to ruin a perfect, right side of the bed morning for me. But then, one day, when I had just cursed, I saw two little girls, clad in blue uniform, managing to push themselves through the crowd, often being told off or pushed to the side. They made it to their other friends, they made it smiling.^%^$%^%6


Why is it so hard for us to smile? I have met people, who always keep smiling, that's not what I mean here. I mean, why is it so hard for us to smile at how funny a tough situation actually is.


So I decided to try smiling, when I'm down in the dumps. And my first chance came when I an Auto Guy asked me for Five Rupees more. I didn't argue, I'm not good at that, and I gave it away. Old Aroah, would have %^$$%%$, new Aroah, smiled. I smiled at how laid back I was! It felt good, it actually felt like I was mocking myself.(Fine I will learn to bargain!)

I believe, that all of us, have it in us to just smile, no matter what the situation is. It could seem to be the hardest thing to do, but then its not that hard. Then what stops us?

Frustration, we are frustrated with something or the other. Now that, bring me to another question- Don't we have enough reasons to smile?

So here is my list of things, that I believe is enough to make a cynic like me smile:

1. Kids- Chubby,cute and muffled words! Ha... :)

2. Music- Need I say more...

3. Love- Be it mom, be it friends, it's one thought that makes me smile.

4. Food- Anything Spicy and I'm smiling already.

5. Writing- Why fret, when you can fret, when you can write any rubbish and smile at it! Not divulging my hopeless lines!

6. Life- Yes, we're alive, and there are more than a million people in this world, who would give anything to be secure about that.

Smile friends, it can be hard. But smile, not randomly, but when necessary. When someone opens the door for you, when someone shows you the way, when anyone does anything, give a smile. When you're down in the dumps, smile...

"Because the world around you will give you hundreds of reasons to hate it, the only way to fight back, is to smile at hatred itself."

:)

This post is dedicated to all those kids out there, who help me smile, even when I'm called a total loser.

So what makes you smile?

Thursday, March 5, 2009

And, Here We Go Again.


Yes, the moment has come again, and here is my Fifth First Post :). Yes, you get the point. So, what are my plans this time? Do I plan to end it with just one post, or actually going to make something out of it?

I thought about it for a while, and realized, the only way I could get some work done is to make the following announcement:

Hundred Days = Hundred Posts ( There, there's no turning back now!)

I got this outrageous idea, when I was going through my pal Veda's Blog. The sad part is, that she actually managed to complete the deadline, that she had set for herself!

And to exercise quality control, I encourage, anyone to cry foul, if they feel that any post is not really readable, and is just a sly attempt to reach my goal.

So this is my goal. What happens if I don't do it?

Well, you can all remind me, of my announcement, till the day i die! Or maybe I could shave my head an put it up in the blog- That would make for fifteen posts at least!


And yes, this counts as a post! So, here we go again.. :)