Happiness: Just a matter of choice

Breast Cancer. Somebody in her office feared that she might have it. She got scared herself. And she realised that it is something that every woman should be aware of. 

Ekta Kapoor is her another magnum opus, "Baade Achche Lagte Hain" showed that her lead female protagonist is having a breast cancer scare and how the fear of losing life brings her close to her husband. A salute goes to Ms Kapoor for bringing out the cancer fear in public in the most modest and obvious way and making it clear (again) that media is the most powerful media to promote social causes. 

I must confess that I had stopped watching the programme the minute they showed that Priya might be having breast cancer and had come to a self-driven conclusion that the following episodes might be disheartening and sad. Everybody might be sharing the fear that she might die and so on. But the case, surprisingly, was not so. Having watched most of Ms Kapoor's serials before, this was obvious for many of her loyal audiences, I guess. But this time, she chose to portray the other side of the story. Priya had shared her list of weird wishes with her husband and he, willingly and lovingly, had fulfilled each of them assuming that he should live every moment with her and give her all that she deserves to be happy. They counted stars, went for long drives and watched sunset being at two places at the same time and Ram Kapoor, Priya's golu husband, learnt to dance salsa. At the end, Priya clears the medical tests and does not have a cancerous lump in her breasts but an outgrowth which can be removed with a minor surgery.

The seven day wait was blissful for the couple for they realized love for each other. Even though they feared death, they chose to live life and enjoy their moments together. Ms Kapoor's message was very clear and I appreciate her approach to the health disorder thoroughly.

But I wonder, do we need a life-threatening fear to realize that life is to be enjoyed and lived with a positive outlook? Can we not start enjoying life and doing things just to make it happier? Can we not say, "Sadness and unhappy moments will come uninvited but we can choose to be happy?"

I have no idea how to be happy all the time but choosing to be happy is totally on me. Believing in what you like and finishing every work with a smile and sense of achievement....may be this is the trick. Do let me know your funda of happiness.