A Source of Happiness
I did considerable soft-pounding on the snowy
forest-trail. The images before me were
leafless trees that reveal more bark than anything outside of their height and
width. Millions of footprints, both
human and canine, are hard to distinguish unless close-up. You see, it is all one soft and wonderful
white surface before you. It is
something that bears its own beauty.
I had gone solo on the late afternoon period. It allowed for some low-volume chanting and
brisk walking. I couldn’t say that I
missed traffic as I relished the time in the ravine. And I can admit that spotting that low blue
spruce bush struck my fancy. Clumps of
the white stuff clung to its needled branches.
Only browned brittle leaves fallen from deciduous trees remained trapped
in an interspersed. It’s actually
gorgeous.
For some people a two hour foot-journey in the nippy cold
would be an austerity. For me, I thrive
on this kind of thing. It’s voluntary
and not even sacrifice.
So for as sacrifice is concerned I like something I read
from the Gita today which should
possibly ring as truth to the ears of many. Bhagavad-gita 4:31 “O best of the Kuru
Dynasty, without sacrifice one can never live happily on this planet or in this
life: what then of the next?” Happiness is something we all chose to have. It doesn’t always come naturally. You do have to make some endeavour.
May the Source be with you!
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