What makes me HAPPY ?

 1. Dance and Music

 When i had first tapped my feet to music, I had no idea I would get addicted - to music and dancing. It is amazing how A lilting melody and soothing lyrics blended into a song strike the right strings of your heart imparting elation and how some funky songs remind us not to be so sober while dancing sets me free. It feels as though having a conversation with my soul and I no longer need words to express but my body to move to the rhythm only comprehensible by the one who resides within ME. All the frustration and fury crowding my mind diffuse out and all the anxiety dissolve. Not only I burn calories but also stress. In that moment, it dawns on me that I'm not supposed to be upset or blue, I'm a happy soul. That some people turn to me knowing that I'll say things to make them crack up. Yes, I am "The happy one". Dance and music help my life acquire a momentum :)

2. Travel

They say "Home is where the heart is."- does not apply for me. The restlessness that possesses me never departs. I'm the kind who is not homesick at all. I love to go to places I've never been. Every travel brings with an adventure and that's what i strive for - Adventure. But the irony is that I'm poor at keeping a track of routes and I have quite a history of getting lost in theatres and fairs  when I was a kid. Therefore I always keep a company to drive me home ;) Once I become independent and opulent, I would reach to every strangest place existing on the face of earth. It is one of the dreams which keeps me alive :)

3. Gifts and Surprises

Who do not love them? For me, no matter how small a gift is, it always counts. Birthdays, new years and christmas when you are showered with presents and you take no time to rip open the gift wrap ! How each one of them leaves a memory to be cherished for the entire life and when your friend buys you that one particular thing as a gift you were craving for a week or so and for that one moment, you start to see an angel in your friend :P It is as exciting to buy your friends gifts and expecting to see a big grin and a smug face. The gifts that i get always go to my sacred "Gift Box". It's been a long time since I'm preserving them but I make sure I dont use them so often. After all, I want to preserve the memories :)

4. A Good Book

I have never been a bookworm myself but when I do come across a book that moves me to the very core, that is when I am reminded again how impactful a book can be. A good book makes your day, infact it can make a life. According to me, a book which can make me sit and ponder upon anything of sheer importance is a good book. They say "Books are your bestfriends", I say "only the good ones". The best part is that you get to keep the book, it stays with you. The best gifts I had accepted were all books and my favorite author is and will always be Sidney Sheldon. Some day, I would build my own library teeming with books which are going to create "The Future Me" :)

5. Rain ♥

Remember the summer with scorching heat and the hot breeze making it even more unbearable? Then the first monsoon rain and I see the hell turning into haven. The sky goes dark and the rain starts to pour and ah! I'm caught in a high. The first droplet that touches your skin holds you spell-bound and every bad memory oozes out and dissolve in the rain. The sight of rain brings back all the memories of childhood - the raindance, the paperboats and falling sick the very next day. Unforgettable! but now I just sit in the balcony sipping a cup of coffee because I carry no intention of getting wet in rain for the fear of being bed-ridden. But the pitterpat on the roof and the scent so heavenly mesmerize you and you are enraptured :)

Cynical and Chalant,