Delighted humans

My metro card lies in one corner of my messy almirah , it hasn't travelled for days. I definitely miss the frequent trips to Nehru Place , McDonald's and dilli ke momos and random trips around the city with my college friends.  Now , we have been quarantined for so long that mental health is not even a thing anymore. Desperately waiting for everything to be normal again. Check out my YouTube Channel-  https://youtu.be/KcQIg33h4wE

Nature loves peace ; it is pleased by simplicity. However, the current situation is complex. Almost craving for the beautiful "outside". Found this flower on my terrace ; detached. As the days pass , we end up feeling detached from the things we used to love- spontaneous trips, college or maybe workplace or school , the eating joint we loved , people and BUTTER CHICKEN ;) A weird form of detached, we crave for it and we don't. We want it but still we don't.

From the very beginning of time , several philosophers tried to comprehend what being happy was. Aristotle defined it as the state of achieving health , wealth , friends , knowledge etc that lead to the perfection of human nature. Several people have several perceptions on the concept of happiness. However, I haven't met a single person who believes that he leads a happy life. It's probably the way we were conditioned ; we were told to run behind success , fame , money and we hardly spoke about being happy. I recently read about the Japanese formula for happiness which they call ikigai or the reason for existence. We can be happy only when we feel we have a reason to live , a purpose to fulfill. It involves finding something that makes us happy. Ever wondered why people like creative jobs more ? It's because they feel a state of bliss in what they are doing and they believe they are making a difference by creating something meaningful. On the other hand , people in...