What you know as happiness is nothing but a relative state.
Benson went to Krantz's clothing store to buy himself a suit. He found just the style he wanted, so he took the jacket off the hanger and tried it on.
Krantz came up to him. "Yes, sir. It looks wonderful on you."
"It may look wonderful," said Benson, "but it fits terrible. The shoulders pinch."
"Put on the pants," said Krantz. "They are so tight, you will forget all about the shoulders!"
One day I saw Mulla Nasruddin walking on the road in great despair, almost ready to burst out crying. I asked him, "What is the matter? Why are you so miserable?"
He said, "My shoes are very small -- I need two sizes bigger -- and they hurt like hell."
I said, "Nasruddin, then why don't you change them?"
He said, "That I cannot do."
I asked him, "Why can't you? You have the money."
He said, "I have the money, but there is much more involved in it. The whole day I suffer from these shoes, and when in the evening I go home, I throw these shoes away and I fall on my bed... it is such a relief, as if one has come to paradise! And that is the only joy in my life! I cannot change these shoes -- in twenty-four hours that is the only moment of joy. If I change these shoes, that moment will also disappear. Then there is nothing left."
What you call happiness is just a question of relativity.
An Englishman, a Frenchman, and a Russian were trying to define true happiness.
"True happiness," said the Englishman, "is when you return home tired after work and find a gin and tonic waiting for you."
"You English have no romance," countered the Frenchman. "True happiness is when you go on a business trip, find a pretty girl who entertains you, and then you part without regrets."
"You are both wrong," concluded the Russian. "Real true happiness is when you are home in bed at four o'clock in the morning and there is a hammering at the frontdoor and there stand members of the secret police who say to you, 'Igor Zhvkovski, you are under arrest,' and you are able to reply, 'Sorry, Igor Zhvkovski lives next door!'"
happiness is a relative phenomenon.
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Hey Ravi
Congratulations on your new blog... welcome!
Now... I loved this article but I hope to see original writing ...
Maybe you must explore and come up with your own parables and example..
This is certainly a place where you can also share interesting things you have read! :-)
All the best! Let me know when you update your blog...
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