Happiness - the most expensive of the lots??

If Only, true happiness could be bought along with smile correction surgeries. This could have been hottest deal in the market!

Gone are the days, when we had one channel to be watched on TV. How we longed for Wednesdays Chitrahaar or Sundays Ducktails! Gone are the days when a letter by a cousin or a friend made our day. Gone are the days when even a 10Rs dress circle ticket for a Yash Raj Movie  was considered a V for Victory. Even the constant whistlers never bothered us. Gone are the days when we dreamed of 2 Diwali s in an year just to wear new clothes.
Before I get caught in my own nostalgia, let me not deviate from the idea behind my write-up. As it is not what I want you to rendezvous with your 90's flashbacks.

Because 20-30 years down the lane, gone will be these days too. Gone will be the days where we have two different sources of entertainment - TV and Internet. You never know, a gadget might suffice for one click multitasking entertainment. Gone will be the days when only Saas Bahus make Shandyantras  in the daily soaps (well, this one will be a respite for many ;), only to realize Damaad-Sasur taking the stage over ;) ;)
Gone will be the days of tweeting, posting pics, social networking when we might be able to create our own virtual world of relatives and loved ones with a touch screen technology. (lucky lovebirds of that era :). Gone will be the days of theater and cinema when we might expect a superstar coming on an hourly basis for a live entertainment @ home. :P 
And looking at the history sheet of attires (getting shorter day by day), I fear people might not need them any more to create any more generation gaps between their waist lines. 

With the rocket speed revolutions, one thing that is getting expensive and rarely found is true happiness. Yesterday, a single new dress kept me going the whole year. Today, even my exorbitant shopping spree cannot pacify me :( I am on cloud 9 with my iPhone 2/3/4 until someone gets the new launched iPhone 5.
Being competitive is important for survival, but it can never be the parameter to gauge happiness in your life.

It is said, happiness is found in the small moments of your life. Just an add-on of my philosophy - if you can not find those moments, create your own. Ever since we grow up, we are instilled with a competitive spirit and we barge in the race to tune into the "Run Forest Run". Every other day, we achieve a target to supersede, another one is right there at our doorstep even before we could cherish the accomplishment. This notion never did make a grip on me all through my life. 
Although, I tried to be a part of the crowd, the greater minds had an alibi for the unsuccessful targets too. They suggested, if you fail to succeed, look upon the more miserable of the lots. This will soothe you down. You will find yourself better off?? Even this never did ring a bell to me.  

Do I need to look at either of the sides to be successful and lead a happy life? What if, I competed with my present. What if, I try to better my tomorrow than my yesterday. At least, I will not kill myself keeping myself  unhappy for I could not be someone or keeping myself contented because there is a bigger loser standing out there. As expected, this philosophy did not work wonders in my time,when I was in the race :). However, now that I am an adult and I have no fixed percentage to judge my life, my philosophy is what keeps me going even in the darkest of the days of my life. With the least of what I could achieve by myself, I am happy to realize that I did better my days everyday. Each day, I  slept peacefully just asking a question to myself, was my today happier than my yesterday?

Life gives you endless reasons to compete, compare, mourn, bitch about, get upset over something or with someone. If only, you could quell them and find yourself only one reason to hold on to your smile at the end of each day that ends.