Thursday, March 26, 2015

Art of Making People Happy



We are taught lots of things in our schools, colleges and home. But the most important skills that are very necessary for life are always left out. How to behave with people, how to be happy, how to be a good person and lots of others. I am not being all philosophical here. And I don't think philosophy is involved here at all. Often small truths which everyone agrees but requires a little bit of efforts are ignored and left aside. For the same reason that they require some effort (doesn't matter if it's less or more effort). People want to go with the flow and they chose to stay idle. They don't want to do anything beyond what pleases them or they are getting something in return for that. (And I'm no exception here :D )



Our ego plays very important part in all of this. We don't behave good with strangers and people we love (or should I say, especially with the people we love) and we lose them bit by bit. And here, by behaving good I mean doing few things pro-actively which are not required. It can make someone happy. If your friend/colleague is looking sad; do people go and ask him/her why she is sad? Or how many people really do care (if he or she is not that close)? What we really need to think is that it is what differs human from rest animal species. If you wanna be happy in your life I think the most important thing you should learn in your life is "how to make people happy".

And I have learnt that making someone happy is not that hard at all. If you don't know a person that much, act of saying good morning, asking how was their weekend, having cup of coffee with them surely makes good bonding between you. If you know each other very well, gifting something small, giving them sweets/chocolate surely helps. I'm not giving you advise on how to make people happy, I'm giving just examples that these small things do make lots of difference.


To conclude, I have to clear one thing. Isn't it obvious that these things are simple. But why it is hard for me to incorporate these. Maybe I have an ego problem. I get it, I just can't incorporate it. And does that mean, people from whom I expect these kind of things are not so different than me? 

(Not the expected ending, is it? :( )

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