Happy Days

Scratching my brain after a hiatus...

Happy Days - 2 words that taught me to smile, even in hardships, a year and half ago when life was looking in all the directions to steer my career to the destiny, shortly I could say during 'job search'. Life was all about resumes, mock-interviews, vendors and mainly JAVA but never the clients. We were 8 guys living in a 2 BHK pushing others into frustration and desperation by narrating one's encounter with a vendor or either a client. All of us had our own time tables and there weren't many occasions when we were all together at home. A break seemed crucial and helpful. Undecided, we all started having dinner together one day and that's when things started changing for all of us. At the dinner, each one of us started sharing their past stories or 'happy days' of life, and my list had the Freshers party, B'lore trip and birthday parties (esp. Truth N' Dare game) of my B.Tech life. The next thing we realized it was 3am. It was the longest dinner I ever had but a memorable one. We haven't had enough sleep but ready to start attending the phone calls. For the next couple of days, everyone seemed so relaxed and easy that we didn't have anything to complain. This was contagious and soon everyone had similar attitude. As a result, everyone got offer letters and soon got placed. Due to the delayed start date, I was the last one to leave the apartment even though I got the job before most of the other guys had. Then I moved to Madison from Chicago and started my job here. Life has become so routine that we didn't have anything to think of. After few months, two of my friends thought of visiting the same old apartment where we started building our lives but it wasn't the same. New time, new people, new styles. They had their own way of living which was lot different that our's. Yet, in the same direction to hunt down their destinations.

Now, I try to judge whether the happy days are important or the days to remember those happy days are. I also try not to be biased so I think deeply and conclude that - no matter how many happy days you have, if you don't have days to remember them then those precious moments are not a penny worth and also, if you have days to remember them but have no such precious happy days then it would be the same.

Things I learnt to keep my day a 'happy day' :
1. When things are not going your way, a break may seem to work. That break may be in any form - a discussion, a trip, a friend, etc.
2. Whenever you feel down, talk and always think of those sweet moments which made you happy.
3. Life keeps changing and so do you. But past remains the same. So, make present worth to remember when it becomes past.
4. As with time - Things, places and people won't stay the same.