Buying a Confirmed ticket to the Happiness Station - 90 days of Advance Booking

I know the above heading must not be ringing a bell in your minds.  But it did ring a bell when I was travelling by the Thane local 7.34 a.m today.

 

I got into the local and settled down and was looking at the commuters around me. Few of them had still not got over the weekend and were half dozing, few of the college students were studying as though they had a marathon to run. Many a times, I have observed the students in such a state of panic and tension especially few days prior to the exam and all the more on the exam day.  This is exactly what happens with my daughter on the day of her exam.  Hey 1but coming back to the point –Happiness Station.

 

While I have 1800 seconds (one way) to myself in the train with a whole wave of thoughts and ideas making way into my brain, there are many things that interest me.  I was enjoying the cool breeze and humming a song to myself (as always) when suddenly I chanced upon this thought “What if there was a happiness Station” and what if all of us wanted to go there everyday.  Just imagine this hypothetical scenario and the crowd at the ticket counter of every station and queues of people lined up. 

 

The counter staff asks “ Kahan jaana hai” – the people reply “Happiness Station”.

 

The staff replies “Abhi to ticket nahin hai”.  3 months ke pehle booking start ho jaata hai. Oh my God !! Even the thought is filled with tension because I have to wait for 90 days to go to that place. Not Fair.  Just like our outstation tickets, just imagine if we have to book travelling to the So Called Happiness Station couple of months in advance.  If that was the case, many of us (me included) would not mind spending double the cost of the ticket, pay the agent and still wish to get to that station.  Many of you like me will go a step ahead, buy a flight ticket so that we save on time, but our single motto would be to get there as quickly as possible.

 

Happiness is so very important in life and that is for sure. However, we cannot reach that destination without passing  many other stations.  When we travel by train, there are so many places that the train halts at and only then we reach the place that we have booked our tickets for.  Similarly, our destination to happiness will also arrive, provided we have the patience and do not overreact to situations in life.

So Get on the Train folks !!! Bookings for the Happiness Station have begun JUST NOW. Book your tickets and BE HAPPY.

 

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Rekha