Your genuine smile.

What is it that makes you smile today?

Is it, the stories told by your grandmother at night or the dreams you think of, at daylight?

Is it, the games you played as a child or the mischiefs of your young mind?

Is it, the flowers that bloom outside or the old trees full of fruits ripened?

Is it, the old toys lying aside or the notifications you receive all the time?

Is it, your childhood friends waiting to play games outside or the clubbing you did with your friends last night?

It can be anything that makes you feel alive,

Anything that may take you back for a while,

Anything that makes your heart rejoice,

The old memories or your plans for tonight,

To get involved in them, fully, is what makes them worthwhile.

Why do you think the old memories stay so fresh and merry in your thoughts, why the childhood friends and games make you want to go back to the past?

You feel like reliving those moments, don't you?

Why? 

Because the child in you did not think so much about everything, it did not want to please anyone, it was under no pressure or obligation whatsoever, 

Yes maybe it was afraid of homework and some teachers or maybe some students too, yes it was gullible to peer pressure, yes it was hesitant to express itself sometimes, 

But not the way it is today.

As a child you were innocent, loved making friends and helping everyone, did not think twice before doing anything that interested you, 

Not like life was not busy back then, outdoor games, cartoons, video games, homework, classwork, birthdays, friends, parents, tuitions, phew! There was so much!

Did you ever complain? 

(Yes sometimes when mumm did not make favourite food.)

Ask yourself today, do you not want that freedom to do whatever you want again? (And no one would stop or say anything)

Why do you sleep with so much of burden today?

Let us bring our lost childhood back again.

I was an introvert in my childhood days, it is in my teenage years I opened up, but still I find my childhood better than any other phase. And it remains like that for most of us (introverts or extroverts), but yes it is not universal.

Even after attributing so much to childhood, I believe the ongoing phase of our life, (you maybe young, middle aged or old) is the most valuable, it is this phase that will decide our tomorrow. We can certainly dwell in the past (childhood or any other warm memories) but I want you to make this ongoing part of your life the most beautiful. I want you to free your shoulders from the burden of work or stress or any bad memory you carry, just like you were in your childhood, and see how everything falls back in its place. The entirety of your existence lies in being happy, happy with yourself and the people around you. 

You need to understand that you can be carefree and wild while being responsible and kind. Do not exhaust the mind in thinking what is wrong and right, go out and be you if your inner conscience feels alive and alright. Being you is being happy in doing what you like.

Your happiness will soon start to show itself in the work you do, in your behaviour with others and in your genuine smile.