The power of YOU!

I've heard a lot of people say, "Talking to you brings me down" or " you are the reason I'm so sad". I mean they didn't address it to me :P Thats how they generally complain for most of the times they are unhappy. But what they don't realise is more often than not, we are the reason behind our sdness. We let thnigs affect us in every possible way. We forget that we have a choice NOT to be sad. Hapiness is not a momentary thing. It IS a state of mind!

I read this article in the newspaper during Diwali which explained the signifance of the various things we do to celebrate the festival.. like lighting the lamps, bursting crackers etc.

It spoke about how lighting of the lamp signifies what essentially a human should be like. It said every man should be like the wick in the lamp. It requires to be in the oil to be able to get the oil but a part of it must be out for it to be brightly lit. Simiarly a human should be involved in the worldly matters and be a part of the world but yet be detatched enough to shine in this world. I thought it was a great thought. It might go against my previous philosophy that there cannot be shades of gray.. but somehow things become more meaningful when you learn to include different things and make that your ideology!

You can hurt me
You can make me cry
But know for sure
You can never keep me down!

To sum it up, YOU are the reason for your happiness or sadness. The power is in YOU!