It’s the same pattern that we all tend to follow and when we reach our middle age all of a sudden we realize what we missed. The small moments of our life that we stop taking notice of, never come back. Life is too short to be taken easy and for granted, so we should make the most of it and be thankful to God for bestowing us with our life.

We humans always let go of small moments in pursuit of bigger ones. What we need to understand is that these small instances give us real pleasure and satisfaction if we feel them. So many moments delight us like dancing to music, standing in the rain, running around in fields even walking zigzag along a path. May it be sitting idly with friends and cousins, sharing story books, magazines, or DVDs among siblings, all of these little gestures are worth giving joy.

I believe that childhood and youth are the two stages of life that a person is at their happiest, as we get busy in our practical lives and start growing up, we start thinking like a maturer person and put aside the feelings we felt as little kids but, in this process we lose the fun part of our lives, we end up losing that ‘child’ in ourselves in pursuit of becoming that ‘adult’ we had always imagined to be. Counting stars now may seem like a childish thing to do, yet in our hearts it still holds that charm to it and one just can’t help but feel pleasure in doing so.

When I set foot in my practical life, I somehow forgot to feel the warmth in such situations, forgot to realize how calm it used to feel and in failing to do so, I would comfort myself by reiterating that I had to act like an adult who has other more “serious” tasks to perform in life rather than sitting and lazing around.

Examples of Those Small Happy Moments

Gone are those people and those precious moments, now everyone, including me, is busy performing our own activities, creating our own space. The question that arises here is why can’t we just treasure small moments of our lives rather than waiting for something big to happen?

If a person in distress can cry his/her heart out to a friend, no other feeling could give that person more pleasure than sharing his/her worries to his/her best buddy. It is just a matter of a few minutes that you can spend with your friend and just listen to them.

The problem is, every one of us in this era is running around with our own issues and don’t take out time for others, and in this process, we have stopped caring for others ultimately losing our own happiness as well.

Stop, stop and just cherish this moment, capture that expression in your heart forever, the twinkle in those eyes and that smile of satisfaction, remember it because kids grow up really fast and when you realize this, it’s a bit too late because then, they are gone far from you embarked on their own journey.

Materialistic things should be secondary in this world, what matters is people’s gestures and feelings towards others. Presenting a flower to somebody or giving them chocolates, are very simple ways of showing our love and care for another person. What we need to do is just show little signs of tenderness and fondness for those close to us. These gestures are enough to create long lasting joys in your life and in that of the other individual.

Versuade Pakistan – Fareeha Robert