He had been on his toes since morning. Towards the evening, he felt a splitting headache surfacing.
As the clock ticked away, his headache worsened.
Unable to bear it, he stepped out of the shop, leaving his staff to look after the sales.
He walked across the street to the pharmacy to buy himself a painkiller to relieve his headache.
He swallowed the pill and felt relieved. He knew that in a few minutes, he would feel better.
As he strolled out of the shop, he casually asked the salesgirl, "Where's the Chemist?" He's not at the cash counter today.
The girl replied, "Sir, he was having a splitting headache and he said he was going across to your coffee shop". He said a cup of hot coffee would relieve him of his headache.
The man's mouth went dry and he mumbled, Oh! I see.
This is a typical case of looking outside ourselves for somthing that we have with us.
How strange, but true.
The chemist relieves his headache by drinking coffee and the coffee shop owner relieves his headache by taking a pill.
Similarly, many of us travel across the lengths and breadths of the earth and also visit various shrines and holy places to find peace.
Eventually, we come to realise that peace is with us at all times in our hearts and mind.
Peace of mind comes from being content with ourselves and being grateful for what we have with us.
There is a peaceful way of going through life but it all depends on our willingness to change our attitude toward everything in life.
Think about it.....
My take
One's happiness always comes from within.
Tailpiece.
Got up at our usual time, the chores and was ready by 10.
Ramesh and his assistant, Gokul came in by 9 and got our surroundings cleared up. With their help, I could also replace the faulty sitting room light.
A short siesta after our maid's exit.
Bijeesh was called in, who sorted out the erratic foot valve of the water motor.
An early evening.
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