“Young lives glad with the gladness which knows nothing of its value to the world”

I will start like this....
There are two kind of gladness. One which comes when you achieve something that is valuable for you because it is valuable to the world for e.g. my job at Texas Instrument is a kind of gladness which came to me because it gave me something that is more important to the world (it is also important to me because it was my dream company). For the other kind of gladness you don’t have to achieve anything you just have to be happy. Very often you will find this gladness in young kids and I do find it in some people in SPIC. Now because these people live in a real world therefore this feeling is not very prominent in them but whenever I see it in them I myself feel that gladness (not to the degree to which they feel it, if.. there exists any parameter to measure it). Somehow I feel that gladness is infectious. I will tell you the reason why. I feel happy when I see a young kid smiling, or when I see little puppies playing or an artist meditating while his performance. The common thing between all of them is that all of them are glad and I can feel that gladness resonating inside me. The second reason is more out of personal experiences. When I find Justin happy, or for that matter when I ask Akshay about his happiest moments of life or listen to Niharika’s child like enthusiastic talking or Ajit’s overexcited description of a book which he has read recently, I find my self happy (happy is not the word), I find myself GLAD. These “Young lives glad with the gladness which knows nothing of its value to the world” gives me a feeling which i can't express in words(again because i am GLAD). There are no put-ons when they are with me. People say in this world it’s very difficult to find innocence in people, but I am very lucky that I have this group through which I get my share of innocence.

I have rightfully earned my job in Texas by working hard towards it and upperwala has been kind enough to give me the fruits of my labor. But the friendship of these people really has been a gift which I have never asked for, not because I don’t want it but because I wasn’t aware that these kinds of gifts do exist. I am really thankful to the god and to them for everything. In between all the worldly things that I will do in my life, you people will always reminds me that there is goodness in this world in from of humans.

Coming back again to gladness what is gladness for me? For me gladness is something which comes when happiness has to stay for a very long time. You don’t jump here and roll there, you don’t shout, you don’t hug others, you don’t laugh, you don't spend money foolishly. You just sit quietly in a corner and relish its taste. And while you are enjoying all this, a tear may roll down your eye, others may not follow because you are not crying you are just GLAD.

This reminds me of a song from the movie masoom (tujhse naaraz nahin) few lines are as follows

Aaj agar bhar aayi hai boondein baras jaayengi
Kal kya pata inkeliye aankhein taras jaayengi
Jaane kab goom hua kahan khoya
ek aansoo chupake rakha tha



I don’t know when all this will be over……..(I wish it will not get over till eternity but......)
I love you all………..

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In search of me……..