Just yesterday I set the status in Facebook and Google as 'Very Happy', I had people (mostly those junk people, whom I call my friends) asking me why was I happy. That reminded me of the common question that people ask me- 'Looking happy... what's the matter?'. So strange.
Isn't it like asking Sachin Tendulkar why was he 'in form'. Being happy is like being 'in form'. That's our natural state. Instead whenever we look sad, we should be asked why we were sad and not the other way round.
But are they to be blamed? No. Thanks to our conditioning (by the society, which is hell bent on making all of us dumbos, and in most cases it is successful) and recent hectic schedules, tensions, anxities we indeed have made 'sadness' or atleast 'not happy' as our natural state. Don't we look for week-end get aways or week-end parties for having "good time" and being "happy"? So no wonder we confront people wanting to know the reason for our smiles.
I hardly find people of my ilk (Bangaloreans/working in corporates) with smiles or having that happy feeling. Guys, lets not forget that before being rich, before being software engineers, before being managers, before being Hindus, before being Muslims, before being anything else for that matter, we are humans. Let maintain our human nature. Let's all smile... let's all be happy... let's not ask this question, for the other guy is just being natural and we are not. I am smiling... and you?
