Cherish Small Moments

 


Out of nowhere, he saw a chocolate wrapper and suddenly started crying. He grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the house, demanding we go buy chocolate. When I said no, he got even more upset, angry, sad, and completely restless. But after a lot of insisting, I finally gave in and took him to the shop, expecting him to pick out a chocolate he had been craving so badly.

But to my surprise, he didn’t even look at the chocolates. Instead, he pointed at a small packet of juice, barely 10 rupees, and said, "I want this." That was it. And the moment he got it, his face lit up with the purest joy, as if he had just won the world. It was such a simple thing, yet it made him so happy.

Watching him, I couldn’t help but think back to my own childhood how even a tiny 1-rupee chocolate used to bring me that same kind of happiness. And in that moment, it hit me. Somewhere in the process of growing up, we stopped celebrating the little things. We got so caught up in chasing bigger goals that we forgot how to enjoy the small wins.

Maybe life doesn’t have to be so complicated. Maybe happiness isn’t always about achieving something huge. What if we just allowed ourselves to feel joy in the little moments, the way we did as kids? Wouldn’t that make life so much simpler?

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