Embracing Change: A Story of Finding Happiness Within

Once upon a time, there were 2 friends who lived in a place where it was always warm and sunny. They loved the long days of summer and the occasional rainy day.

But one day, they had to move to a place where the winters were harsh and cold. At first, they struggled to adapt to the new weather. They had to layer themselves in warm clothes and get an umbrella to stay dry. They felt like they were constantly battling against the cold.

But then, they realized that they were always trying to run away from what was happening instead of embracing it. They learned that just like how the seasons change, our thoughts and emotions also change.

They decided to turn inward and look within themselves for peace. They discovered that the experience of everything outside is just temporary and that there is eternal happiness within them. It was like an ocean of happiness that was always springtime with beautiful flowers.

Even though life still brought challenges, they learned to cope with them by looking within themselves for peace. Whether the sun of adversity was shining down, or the trees were bare in the autumn, they found their own quiet seaside of happiness within them. 

So just like how we can't control when the seasons change, we can't control everything that happens in life. But we can learn to cope with the changes and even embrace them by looking within ourselves for happiness

"மழை நாளில் உன் கண்கள் வெயில் தேடும்
கோடை வெயில் நாளில் உன் மேனி குளிர் தேடும்
அது தேடி இது தேடி அலைகின்றாய்
வாழ்வில் எது வந்து சேர்ந்தாலும் தவிக்கின்றாய்
அவரவர்க்கு வாய்த்த இடம் அவன் போட்ட பிச்சை
அறியாத மானிடர்க்கு அக்கரையில் இச்சை" - Kannadasan

2.14

mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya
śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ
āgamāpāyino ’nityās
tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata

mātrā—sensuous; sparśāḥ—perception; tu—only; kaunteya—O son of Kuntī; śīta—winter; uṣṇa—summer; sukha—happiness; duḥkha-daḥ—giving pain; āgama—appearing; apāyinaḥ—disappearing; anityāḥ—nonpermanent; tān—all of them; titikṣasva—just try to tolerate; bhārata—O descendant of the Bhārata dynasty.

O son of Kuntī, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.