So “What is your aim in life?”,

“What is it that you really want to do?”,

“What do you enjoy doing on a typical day?”.

It was just another one of my friends asking me the “questions”.

The questions which always make me wonder whether I should say anything or just keep mum because I know people will judge me if I do. Because I know people will fail to understand what I will say, and it would just end up being one of my futile attempts at making them see what I do.

Because to be honest I am pretty much satisfied with the 9–5 job I do, I actually am happy leading the simple, not so extraordinary life that I have. No I don’t want to go hiking on an adventure trek, no I don’t feel the need to go places and discover new things. No, I am not waiting for that extra spark to somehow light up my life.

There are people who spend their entire life traveling, looking for happiness and adventure in strange lands but still end up being perturbed when they return. There are others who spend their entire life looking for comfort in strangers, yet somehow ignore their loved ones.

And I am different because I don’t long for these. I could go around the world only to come back to the most serene comfort in the arms of my mother. I could literally spend my entire life at one place, not moving, and not get bored of it. I would rather take a walk down the road, help someone, bring a smile to their face and have the biggest joy than travel places in search of it.

There is so much love, so much beauty around each one of us. There are so many ways in which we can find happiness in every small thing around us, and yet somehow we spend our entire lives in search of it.

So for everyone asking me what I want in life, what do I really aspire for, what do I do to make myself happy, what gives me that kick to go on with life?

From all those who struggle to answer these questions to all those who ask, I don’t think we can ever explain and I don’t think they will understand :)