This was the motto of the Anand(Joy) house in my school.To be honest , I never liked the colour of the T-shirt we had to put on Fridays- the bright yellow.The colour of the Satya(truth) house, a dark green was what I really wanted to be seen wearing.Infact , it wasnt until very late in my school with the onset of some wordly wisedom that I began realising what the color really symbolised and what the motto meant.
There is a profound and inherent difference in happiness and joy.Happiness is transitory, and usually needs a reason , a platform to thrive on.Joy on the contrary is without reasons, just like love.Someone gets an unexpected windfall and he is very happy with the money, but the moment you deprive him of those worldly pleasures, he wears a long face and sadnees steps in to fill the void.But a joyous heart is euphoric and remains so regardless of the materialistic pleasures and pains that surround it.The joy comes from one true source and that is love , real and deep, all encompassing, and forgiving.
I believe that any form of true love has to have the involvement of the divine to be worthy to be given that name."I Love You" - three words- me , you and Love which they say is God, or to be more precise the most important quality of the Almighty.
Joy- is also as some say -JESUS OTHERS YOU- if you put the things of life in that order.
It is real funny to think how we keep running after the mundane, mortal things of this world, but sometimes fail to take out a few moments of self introspection to connect with our creator, either through meditation or through our actions-done for him and dedicated to him.
All this evangilical talk might get some yawning already but the fact remains ....He created us , we didnt create him.True Joy can only come from serving him and the people he loves, unconditiionally.Service they say is an expression of love.
May we find the true joy within us to unlock all the goodness this christmas.
My favorite tune of Joy :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpEctXsTDQg
Anyway guys..Keep watching this space...later tonight I am penning down some childhood memoirs on.....keep guessing...!
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