Happiness — we've all felt it from time but have we truly comprehended its concept, its rationale or its meaning? From my understanding, Happiness lives within each and every one of us and develops our state of mind by capturing a huge variety of positive and blissful emotions. If someone asked me to list down things that made me happy, it would probably be...
It stared precariously at me, situated a quarter of a meter from my doorstep. Why or how it ended up there seemed incredibly unfathomable. This rock was disrupting my mood of solitude. I had to get rid of it. Every time I move it, it manages to make its way back to my patio. The rock seemed solemn in a sense, isolated and unwanted. Yet the stillness spoke to me. The quarrel began at 9. Curious as we might have been, we remained awfully silent for a group of teenage girls. The noise grew louder… it seemed almost impossible to comprehend the words we heard; a blabber it seemed. My eldest sister stood an inch away from the door, peeping – biting her lip fretfully. The rest of us keenly sat in anticipation waiting to hear about the dispute. They bellowed, they threw things, they cursed at each other; yet the room never seemed more serene. As the room echoed in despair, the bitter cold plunged into my veins; oh what a relief, I actually feel something. I sat recklessly, my lips pressed against the icy window-pane. I began to feel nostalgic; my heart slowly descends into a world of regret and sorrow. Not a glimpse of hope emerged; instead it departed, along with all the other optimistic emotions I yearned so deeply for. The numbness crept into my fragile fingernails. All of a sudden, my ability to speak, to move and to feel unnoticeably withdrew. Or at least I thought it did. It was the second time I celebrated my birthday. After having lunch at Sangam; and cupcakes at 'Cupcake Delight', we wanted to watch a movie but when we got there, I was the only one who wanted to watch a decent movie instead of just walking around doing nothing. Everyone else was like "Oh we should go out for ice-cream"! I don’t mind going out for ice-cream but the movie was about to start and I didn’t want to miss the beginning. |
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