Spend time with your loved ones

There is no replacement for spending quality time with your loved ones.
Just spending a little time with someone shows that you care. Taking the time to connect with those you love  will bring you true happiness. The more you do it, the happier you will be.
But the only problem in today's time is that in our hectic schedule where we cannot find time for ourselves then how do we find time to spend with our loved one? This is sad but true! If we truly love someone we can manage to atleast take out little time from our busy schedule to meet and greet them. People love spending time with their loved ones because they feel loved and cared, it gives them pure happiness that they don't find in anything else. On your bad day all you need is a hug from your loved one and everything feels better. That is the power that a hug holds that you get from someone you love. A good conversation or hug is all you need to get you through anything as it acts like the best medicine.
If you cannot find time to meet your family or friends and you are running out of the love, energy and feeling miserable all you can do is if you have 5 minutes you can draft an email to your loved ones stating how much they mean to you. If you have 10-15 minutes you can talk over the phone because sometimes listening to the voice of someone who means the world to you can have that healing power in it. In today's time when smartphones, social networking sites and technology has taken over you can also do a FaceTime or connect over whatsapp or facebook. You can make your loved one feel special and make them feel wanted. Never underestimate the unexpected texts because the person has taken out time to text and thought about you in their busy schedule.  Connecting with people is all you need sometimes because distancing yourself and disconnecting will make your loved ones feel unwanted even if that might not be true.
If you have couple of hours you can go for a lunch or a dinner or a movie and spend time together. Believe me you do not have to do big things to make someone feel loved, the little gestures and efforts are enough to make someone feel special in your life. Many times its our actions, not just our words, that really speak what our hearts feel.
I know that many of us are not good at expressing our feelings but we have to break those barriers. The most important thing is spending time with our loved ones.
I will take you through a story of a boy and his grandmother.
Once upon a time there was a boy who was very loving and caring. He was the only child of his parents. Among all the relatives he loved his grandmother the most and the boy was the most favourite grandchild of the grandmother. The love between them was immense and true. The boy felt that nobody could love him as much as his grandmother did. The boy used to wait for his summer vacations every year so that he could go to his grandmothers place and stay with her for months.
The grandmother was so cute that she used to cook favourite dishes of the boy, play with him and did everything that would make the boy happy. She used to shower so much love on the boy that no one ever could do. The boy also did every little possible thing that he could to bring a smile on his grandmothers face.
Years passed by and the boy grew big and the grandmother older. One day the grandmother fell ill and was bed ridden seeing his grandmothers situation the boy was heart broken, the boy spent as much time as possible with his grandmother. But his board exams were approaching so he had to go to classes and focus on studies. It was hard for him to leave his grandmother and focus on studies but he had no choice.

 After few days the grandmother was admitted to the hospital and the condition became worse. All the family members had taken the grandmother to the hospital but the boy was unaware as he was in school giving his pre-board exams so the boys parents did not inform him. When the boy returned from school he got to know about it and he started crying he wanted to rush to the hospital but the visiting hours were over so he had to wait till the next morning.
On the other hand the grandmother inspite of being ill was thinking about the grandchild and was worried about him and kept asking about him. Finally the next morning arrived and the boy was all set to meet his grandmother but the news came that the grandmother was out of danger and would be discharged from hospital the other day. The parents then told the boy to go for his biology class instead of visiting the hospital because he had his biology paper the other day. The boy did not listen but then he received a call from his grandmother saying to concentrate on his study as she is fine and will meet him after she is discharged from the hospital the next day and also it was the boys last pre-board exam on that day. So he agreed as it was the matter of only a day and then again he could spend time with his grandmother. So the day when they were to discharge the grandmother arrived but suddenly the condition became worse and the grandmother was shifted to ICU.

 The boy on the other hand was in school writing his paper and was unaware of the happening. The doctors were tensed and were trying best to control the situation but unfortunately they couldn't save the grandmother. The boys paper got over and was all set to meet the grandmother so he left for the hospital with the driver but when he reached the hospital he got the biggest shock of his life and was broken and his heart was shattered into pieces. He couldn't stop crying and couldn't control himself. He was regretting that only if he had skipped his biology class and had come to meet his grandmother he would have met her for the last time in her last moments of life. This is the regret that he will have for rest of his life.
So by this story we can easily make out that how important it is for us to spend time with our loved ones and make out time to meet them. It is very necessary to tell them how much you love them and how much they mean to you.
Life is a collection of moments so capture the best ones that you can cherish your entire life. Spending time with those you love can give you that kind of happiness that no other thing in this world could give you.
The best portion of your life will be small, nameless moments you spend smiling with someone who matters to you.
Spend time with those you love. One of these days you will say either, "I wish I had," or "I am glad I did."

Share with Others

Life is about sharing your happiness with others. Sharing in all forms is a truly powerful way to bring happiness. You can share your food, your happiness, ideas, your favourite book, an inspirational story or anything that you can share. Sharing builds up the bond of a relationship . We are taught about the importance of sharing by our parents since childhood. We are taught to share our favourite toys, scented erasers and tiffin box. It is not about sharing it is all about the happiness you see on the face of other person and you know the happiness is given by you. It is the joy that you feel in your heart and what you give to others by sharing.
Sharing teaches us the importance of caring for others. You can simply share a compliment and make that person feel special and make their day.
Now i will tell you a beautiful story on sharing -
‌Once upon a time, there was a girl and a squirrel, the girl lived with her mother and she belonged to a poor family where her mother was the only daily wage earner. The girl was down to earth and had a very deep bonding with the squirrel, even though she always had very little food to eat still she always shared her food with the squirrel. Inspite of being scolded several times by her mother the girl still shared her food.

 They never had excess quantity of food and still the girl shared a part of her food everyday with the squirrel because she was empathetic towards the squirrel and cared for the squirrel. She received immense joy by sharing and a feeling of content, the girl had a big heart. One day her mother fell sick and she was down with fever so her mother couldn't go to work and earn daily wages they didn't had anything to eat. The poor little girl was so upset  and started crying because she couldn't do anything and she felt helpless. 

The squirrel saw the sick mother and the girl weeping so the squirrel went and gathered a huge chunk of nuts the squirrel then went to the girl and asked the girl to follow to the place where the squirrel had kept the nuts. When the girl saw the nuts she was surprised, the squirrel gave all her nuts to the girl because the girl always shared her food with the squirrel and now when the girl is in trouble the squirrel couldn't see the girl upset and helped her, the girl was touched by this sweet gesture of the squirrel because the girl never expected anything in return from the squirrel but the girl was generous that the squirrel helped her back. 

The girl then thanked the squirrel for the nuts, she sold few nuts and received money from which she purchased food and medicines for her mother and rest of the nuts she kept at home and also shared few nuts with the squirrel. It was the girl's generosity that helped her in her bad time. In the end all three were happy the girl, her mother and the sweet squirrel. So the moral of the story is sharing is caring. The more we share the more we have.
This shows sharing is an act of kindness and it is good to share things with others. Nobody should have a selfish attitude because selfish attitude will take them nowhere. This world needs more of generous people. You will not find any happiness like what you get in sharing. If you have an idea share it with others the power is gained by sharing knowledge not hoarding it. If something good happened to you then share the story of you happiness and let others also be happy. Happiness is only real when shared. Sometimes you can also share inspirational stories with each other that will inspire everyone and help to build up that positive vibe and aura in which everybody is motivated, loved and happy. Sharing and giving are the ways of god.
So in order to live a happy life we should inculcate the habit of sharing because great satisfaction comes from sharing with others.

Smile More

There is always a reason to smile you just need to find it and even if you don't have a reason to smile still smile because smiling is free it doesn't cost you a penny.
Smiling is more than just an expression and to smile is much more easier than to frown. Smiling can drastically enhance your mood whereas frowning can deteriorate your mood to a great extent. So let's make it a habit to smile more everyday because smiling has a lot of benefits which you may or may not be aware of. So here are few benefits of smiling -

• Smile improves your health

Yes you read it right, smiling can improve your health because when you smile the body releases more white blood cells then what your body normally releases. Our immunity power depends upon these white blood cells which fight against all the germs and diseases and protects us from it. So the more you smile, more your body produces white blood cells and less you are prone to diseases, it will help you to improve the immunity system.

• Smile makes you happier

Smiling helps you to uplift your mood and be happier. I still remember few days back I felt terribly low and was all cranky and restless, I was literally in no mood to do anything not even to get into a conversation with someone but that day while returning home from work I came across a girl on the street who just smiled at me neither did she know me nor I knew her still she smiled at me and I smiled back at her. She gave me that happiness that was lacking the entire day and managed to bring a smile on my face and helped me get out of that "bad mood". The entire time while I was on my way to home I had that smile on my face and I was wondering how powerful a smile can be eventhough a smile coming from a stranger can uplift you and fill you heart with joy.

• Smiling helps you to make a better impression

Smiling makes you attractive. When you go for an interview people give you the advice to be confident and to keep a smile on the face this is because smile transfers the positive vibes to the interviewer. Not only interviewer but when you are between a group of new people your smile can give a good impression of you. The character traits that it displays is positive, confident and friendly it makes it easy for people to approach you and even it helps you to get along with people easily.

• Smiling makes you productive

Smiling makes you more productive at workplace. Smile helps you to boost your thinking power and makes you more creative. It makes you love your work more and improves your overall performance. If you have a frown on your face while working then it will reflect on your work  and give you bad result but if you smile and work you will see the splendid results.

• Smiles are contagious

Smiles are contagious just how yawns are. You might have noticed when you smile at someone they smile right back at you. So just smile at people bring a smile on their face and let them be happy. You never know how a person might be feeling but your single smile could make a difference in the way he/she was feeling and make that person happy.
I do believe that smiles are contagious because I have experienced it. There is someone at my workplace who everytime brings a smile on my face , she has that power to spread smiles and happiness. She can make every person at workplace smile just by smiling at them. Her presence is magical. I call her sunshine because she is just like a sunshine in a dark place and she has the capacity to spread light in the darkest corners of your heart just by a single smile. No matter how you are feeling her smile can make everything good. Such people are a blessing and I hope we all can atleast try to be like her and spread happiness with our contagious smiles.

• Act of kindness

Smiling is an act of kindness it shows how kind you are and also helps to lift people's spirit. When someone smiles because of you then you feel good too so it is wise selfish behaviour. Spread smiles and sprinkle kindness.

• Helps to cope up with stress

Smiling releases endorphins which help you to manage stress and calms you down. It acts as a stress buster and brings you to peace.

So here we can conclude how important smiles are and how they can make a huge difference in your life. So if you are capable of making someone smile everyday just do it because that could make someone's day.
A smile is the prettiest thing you can wear.

Be Thankful

One of the most important thing in life is to be thankful. By being thankful you attract happiness in your life. We will learn about the importance of being thankful and the magic that the word "Thank you" holds in it. When you be thankful and show gratitude towards others that's when you open the doors of happiness and blessings for yourself.
It is not happy people who are grateful, it is the grateful people who are happy.
Sometimes people even forget to say thanks to others  to say thanks to others who offer them help and that is absolutely not correct. I mean how difficult it is for someone to say thank you?
A person should say thank you to everyone who have helped them, it not only displays the humbleness but also exudes the kind and positive vibes. Everybody should appreciate what they have because when you appreciate you receive more of it. Those who don't believe in the magic of being thankful would never find it. I always say to myself - Gratitude is the wine for the soul go on get drunk!
One should always be grateful for what they have even if they are suffering from pain because when they be thankful for the little happiness that they have in their life then slowly and eventually they will be successful in filling up their life with happiness and in eradicating the pain and the suffering. Until and unless we know what sadness is we can't appreciate and be thankful for happiness. I am thankful for the struggle because of it I have found my strength. There is always something to be thankful for.
We should start each day with a thankful heart. As soon as I wake up and get off from my bed I say thank you for another wonderful day because I don't know how my day is going to be but by thanking god atleast I am starting the day with a grateful heart and creating place for all the good things that will happen.
The best practice of being thankful is everyday before falling asleep you can just recollect and note down 3-5 things that you are grateful for. You can spend 2-3 minutes  every single day by closing your eyes and thinking of all the great things that happened in the day. You might find this silly  but it not only enhances your soul but also helps you in overcoming the sadness and the hardships because when you are feeling low you could just pull up your diary and go through all the points you have noted down of the things that you are thankful for and then you will realise your blessings and make you feel blessed.
Always give thanks and be joyful even if there is no specific reason still be thankful, believe me you will feel so good.
Be thankful for what you have because most of the people are not blessed with the blessings that you have. Appreciate the little of things in life. Everyday be sure to tell somebody thank you and last but not the least I want to thank everyone for for reading the post. THANK YOU! :)

Help Others

Happiness begins from the moment you do something for others. Whenever you are capable of helping someone you should do it without any hesitation. Make sure that whenever you are helping someone do not expect anything in return. Your help should be selfless just how love is. Helping others should be without any motive.
The purpose of the human life should be to help others wholeheartedly because you help someone with all your heart you can feel that immense happiness and peace.
There is a Chinese saying that goes : If you want happiness for a lifetime help somebody.
This reminds me of a story about a girl I know who always helped others, she is so good that she never thinks about herself and the only aim of her life is to help someone who is in need. Such a beautiful soul she is. People always take her for granted even though she cares for everyone and is always there for others but she never got that care ever still she did not complained or expected anything. 

She had true friends but most of them were friends with her just for their purpose all were selfish. Nobody could reciprocate the kind of love and care she had for others. But that couldn't change her way of thinking and her nature of helping. That girl is a gem and way too special.
When she was asked why she helped even those people who don't value her and the reply that she gave will touch your heart...she said I don't help others to seek validation or with the thought that even others would do the same, she said that she has been hurt at times and she knows what pain is but what I do is to serve the society to make it a better place for living. She said there is a difference between doing things for others for being validated or be in good books and serving the society. In order to spread love and happiness and to make the world a beautiful place you should be there for others when they need you.
You have been given this life to be kind to others and spread goodness and you should play your role and its upto others if they value you or not but I believe that when someone actually understands this then they will know the importance of helping.
I hope this world thought the way that girl did and we all could live happily.
Helping can be in any form, you could help someone by just fixing their car or help someone with their homework or by just being their for someone and listen to them when they are hurt.
When we volunteer to help others it feels good to just be of service to someone. Serving others can fill your heart with joy and give meaning to your life, it is a huge source of our happiness. We rise by lifting others. Living for others is a way of life.
Bringing an end to the post with this famous quote by Buddha -
"If you light a lamp for someone else it will also brighten your path."

Do what you Love

The best way to live a happy life is by doing things that you love the most. I have come across people who are scared to follow their passion because they are not supported to follow their passion.
But people need to understand that when they follow their bliss they are the most happiest people . One should always follow their bliss because that is the only thing that will fill their heart with joy.
It is absolutely heartbreaking to see elders not letting their children to follow their passion.
According to me if one loves to play basketball or cricket or loves to sing or write then they should be allowed to pursue their dream.
Nobody loves to live a forced life where people are forcing them to live life according to their terms and conditions and not letting others to live the life they want to live.
People who make a living from doing what they love instantly have a head start on those who hate their jobs.
Apart from feeling good by doing what you love, you also have no negative baggage which comes from stress by doing something you don't like.
The best parents in the world are the ones who give full freedom to their children and encourage them in pursuing what they want and love. I am sure great achievers and stars are not born just like that. They are born by the love, freedom and support given to them by their family and of course  hardwork.
Sometimes it's better to trust the instincts and go for it. There is no point in living a life where you don't feel like waking up in the morning just by the thought of the boring daily routine which also includes reporting to work you don't like and have to forcefully do or attending some class that you are not interested to attend because that is not what you want. You have to find something that makes you excited to wake up every morning and do what you love.
One thing has to be clear in everybody's mind that one cannot achieve great results if they are forced to do something.
For example - You cannot force a person to do hotel management and expect them to become a great chef. We can easily sense whether the food is cooked with love and interest or not by the taste of it. The great chefs out there have become successful because they love what they are doing and they put in lots of love in every food they cook that reflects in the dish prepared by them. So when we put love and efforts in things that we love them we are bound to be successful. The difference between a person who is forced to do something and the person who something wholeheartedly can easily be seen.
My only reason to write about this topic was to make people understand the importance of giving others the freedom to pursue their passion or dream and to make them realise that when you believe in your loved ones and support them in achieving what they want to achieve then they will indeed achieve success and reach great heights. Acknowledge their dreams and let them fly and everyone will witness the joy in their hearts. <3
Now putting a wrap on this post with this awesome quote by Steve Jobs -
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it, keep looking.
Don't settle."

When you feel you have lost it all just HOLD ON!

I am sure there are times when we feel like giving up. We all have been through rough time and most of them are going through it right now.
This is to remind people of their strength.
Holding on and standing strong when you feel like giving up is all that's needed and matters.
There are times when we feel tired, feel like we cannot even make it through the day and can feel the heartache! Such worst days need to be overcome.
It is the time to be strong and prove yourself because this is the time when you can show people your inner strength.
You have to show people who have hurt you that they cannot break you. This is the time when you realize that you are stronger than you think and you are capable of doing wonders.
There will be haters and people who will try to break your soul and people who will doubt your work and tell you that you cannot achieve your goal. But then there will be you  who instead of breaking down will stand up with full power and there you will be killing them with kindness and your success.
YOU will be there proving the haters wrong and showing them that it isn't easy to break you and that you are stronger than anything in the universe. And believe me that is the time when your haters will feel guilty of treating you bad.
You always have to believe in yourself and do good and leave the rest for the Karma.
The smile that you will have on your face after achieving success and the inner warmth that you will feel after fighting through the tough time is priceless.
This is the kind of feeling i want all you people out there who are going through bad time to feel.
Just be the kind of person who is brave enough to fight with the odds all alone.
Haters are the true motivators who motivate us to work harder.
There are two ways you can get through pain : (1) You can let it destroy you , (2) Or you can use it as fuel to drive you.
And i want all the people to choose the option (2) because its in you and you can do it, you can face the hard times and i want to remind people that they are not alone.You are strong enough and you will survive.
Love always. <3