Poem : 🌷Joy with no strings attached…
Poetess : Tilottama Vijay Lele

Joy should be with ‘no strings attached’ 
This principle will have a positive impact 

If our happiness depends on something, 
We’re already stuck in for nothing… 

Hard truth’s external Joy = internal prison
In finding joy, we lose our freedom 

With something we become obsessed,
When we get it, happiness is short-lived 

D obsession loses it's magical quality…
So it's " happiness high " wears off early.

That’s d problem with external happiness
It’ll fade into d background of our lives…

No longer delivering d joy they promised,
But d dependence remains unchanged…

We humans R weird about happiness. 
We treat it like d treasure hunt’s prizes…

For us joy is like a promotion, 
A dream house or a perfect companion…

We put our happiness on hold…
N make it depend on things out of control

Then we wonder why we feel stuck…
Thinking joy’ll wait at checkpoints for us.

Like getting a degree, a job or a partner. 
As if at checkpoint, Happiness'll show up 

But it’ll be only for about a short period.
N then we’ll feel lonely & sad…

So we'll chase d next checkpoint
N this race will go on-n-on till d end…

This isn’t just someone's problem,
D way most people operate, is d same…

When our joy depends on something, 
We’ve already lost life’s precious time…

We’ve handed over d total controls,
Of our emotional state to external factors

It’s like giving d keys to our house 
N then being surprised when they lock us

Then d formula looks like this:
D Happiness = When X happens

X could be a job, relationship, a vacation
Money, Weight loss or Recognition…

D problem isn’t wanting these things. 
But d basic faulty thinking…

That happiness depends on things…
N those things determine Our-Happiness 

Our happiness is a state of our Mind…
N it depends on our thinking n well being 

🌷@Tilottama Vijay Lele
🙏🕉️🔆