What’s the measure of a successful life?
Is life to be merely passage of time?
To go on living without reason or rhyme.
Is it to be measured by how much money one earned?
Or because of one’s success how many heads turned.
Would life be well lived if one made a good name?
A life free of rencour, a life free of blame.
Could the success of children be a measure of life?
A great mansion, limousine and a pretty wife?
There can be several yardsticks but no litmus test,
By the result of it the aim of life can be guessed.
Sages have tied in knots explaining life’s meaning,
No one has found one that’s universally appealing.
However, in life you have earned a good place,
If your life brought smile to someone’s face.
If you provided the hopeless with some hope,
If you threw towards a drowning man your only rope.
It is so easy to do but very few actually do,
To earn others’ gratitude is given to a few.
But, do try it and be instantly blessed,
Make others’ happiness as your life’s quest.
To bring happiness to others is the best answer.
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Author: Sunbyanyname
I have done a long stint in the Indian Navy that lasted for nearly thirty seven years; I rose as far as my somewhat rebellious and irreverent nature allowed me to. On retirement, in Feb 2010, the first thing that occurred to me, and those around me, was that I Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (you will find an article with this title in this blog) and hadn't lost all my noodles and hence thought of a blog titled 'This 'n That'. I later realised that every third blog is called 'This 'n That' and changed the name to 'Sunbyanyname'. I detest treading the beaten track. This blog offers me to air 'another way' of looking at things. The idea is not just to entertain but also to bring about a change. Should you feel differently, you are free to leave your comments. You can leave comments even when you agree and want to share your own experience about the topic of the blog post. Impudent or otherwise, I have never been insousciant and I am always concerned about the betterment of community, nation and the world. I hope the visitors of this blog would be able to discern it.
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To be happy and to bring happiness to others is best answer
When you bring happiness to others, you automatically become happy. Both are interrelated.