Alok Rodinhood Kejriwal
Facebooked today this “Why does misery of other people make us happy?” and this
is my take on the same question. I fail to answer it but I don’t crave
happiness – it comes naturally (sometimes due to reasons and rest of the times
without them).
Now, isn’t happiness the
natural state of human beings. We are born with a basic understanding of love
and all other form of emotions comes by with experience. So, why it is that
happiness finds it difficult to come by us when we grow up? The momentary joy of
being able to say “I told you so” or “You deserved it” is more fun than actually
helping them face the problem. What has made us degrade from that blissful
state into the sordid one? Why does inflicting pain, directly or indirectly
bring that fleeting feeling of festivity to our heart?
We seek happiness in
material things or a cigarette smoked or a drink had, but we forget the
conversation we had over the drink or that smoke. We just remember that bad
hangover after one too many drinks. We take pleasure in sharing our tales of
sorrow to all, even when we know no one is really interested in listening to
it.
We seek happiness in what
makes others miserable. We enjoy from the fact that someone is unhappy either
because of us or due to something that we didn’t do, which might have helped
that person through. Somehow we have forgotten the natural instinct of loving people
and being in a state of sheer happiness, without being sadist about it.
Perhaps we have forgotten that joy is best when
it is shared with people you love and sorrows sort of mellow down in company. Loneliness
never enhances happiness and never allows distress to get out of your life. As a
rule we are bound to be with people, but our current lifestyle has made us impervious
to any feelings of joy and has increased the craving. Maybe that is why we
enjoy scorn, sarcasm and sadism instead of love, happiness and laughter.
Amazing
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