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Monday, May 29, 2006
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Truly Happy People
I was in Memphis this weekend with family. While there, I was invited to a cousin's friend's place for fish tikka and a shot of scotch. I dont drink whiskey but while gently sipping on my shiraz, I marvelled at how happy they looked.
So one of these truly happy people that was sharing a drink with me in an obscure suburb in memphis remarked 'I am truely happy'. I waited. Maybe hoping they would also let me know how they got there. But there were no ensuing words of wisdom. Just a plain, disconcerting statement. They were older and one does get that way at that age, I figured. They dint look too sharp or ambitious and one does get happy when either is lacking. They must be religious,I concluded. Religious people sometimes have that mysterious and suspicious glow about them. As I pondered on what else needed to be certainly lacking in their characters that would justify them stating that arrogant line, I realised with a tired smile, that that they were just two truely happy people and my cynical mind would never fathom the simpleness of that fact.
So one of these truly happy people that was sharing a drink with me in an obscure suburb in memphis remarked 'I am truely happy'. I waited. Maybe hoping they would also let me know how they got there. But there were no ensuing words of wisdom. Just a plain, disconcerting statement. They were older and one does get that way at that age, I figured. They dint look too sharp or ambitious and one does get happy when either is lacking. They must be religious,I concluded. Religious people sometimes have that mysterious and suspicious glow about them. As I pondered on what else needed to be certainly lacking in their characters that would justify them stating that arrogant line, I realised with a tired smile, that that they were just two truely happy people and my cynical mind would never fathom the simpleness of that fact.
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