At our home, the bathroom mirror doubles up as a writing board. Birthday wishes, ‘welcome back’ messages, ‘things to do’ are penned down using colour pens. It works very well as the wishes and important messages get seen at the right time – at the start of the day!
One morning, the mirror had a line written by my (then 12-year old) daughter: ‘Make today better than yesterday!’ When I complimented her for the lovely words, she told me that she had read them in a magazine. I asked her as to how could one make today better than yesterday. Her reply was simple yet significant, ‘by being happy!’
Surely, it is as uncomplicated! Life is less about how we make it and more about how we take it. Never mind the mishaps, never find the hurdles and never mind the regrets; it all boils downs to how we respond to the stimuli and the situation.
Nevertheless, an affirmative attitude cannot be a postscript reaction. We have start every day with a resolve to make it a better day. A better day is a matter of choice. We can choose a make a better day or we can choose to make it worse.
We can opt to be happy and proactive or we can opt to be unhappy and reactive or inactive. Of course, being happy does not mean being oblivious of or indifferent to the situation. Instead it is about taking every challenge and situation head on with a positive willingness that is reinforced with an attitude of tolerance and contentment.
If a resolve to be happy is chosen every day
Surely, today will be better than yesterday!
- Pravin K Sabnis
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