Happiness is Helping Others

Once a donkey was walking in a forest. The donkey was searching for something.

A horse came in the opposite direction and noticed that the donkey was searching for something.

The horse approached the donkey and asked " Hey, you look worried. Are you searching for something?"

The donkey replied " Yes. I am searching for happiness." The horse was taken aback, as he was also searching for the same.

"Hey, I am also searching for my happiness. Why don't you join me in the search?"

Both the horse and the donkey started searching for happiness. 

On the way they saw a Cuckoo bird singing. The donkey felt happy and said " Happiness is singing."

The horse said," Brother Donkey, don't come to a conclusion so soon. Let's walk further."

They walked further and found a tiger eating it's food. The donkey exclaimed, " Hurrah! Happiness is enjoying your food alone." The Horse interrupted, " Let's walk further."

They walked further. On the way, the found a kid crying for help. 

They approached the kid, " Why are you crying? What happened?"

"I lost my way and I am searching for my mum. I couldn't find her."

The horse and the donkey decided to search for the mother goat. After searching for sometime, they found the mother who was also searching for her kid. The mother goat and the kid were really happy seeing each other.

The horse and the donkey were really happy helping the kid search for its mother.

The donkey finally exclaimed" I know where the real happiness lies. It lies in helping others."

The animals understood the real meaning of happiness. Are we realising? No. I would like to quote another incident here on how we human beings are so indifferent to each other.

It was a hot day. A man was walking. He saw another man sitting on a tree top and plucking mangoes. The man on the tree top was having a heavy basket tied to his shoulders, and was filling the basket with mangoes. 

The man on the tree top saw the man standing down and asked him " What are you seeing? Are you waiting for me to drop a few mangoes for you? Forget it. I am not going to drop anything for you."

The man standing said " No no brother. I waiting for you to fall down."

In today's world, even animals understand the importance of helping and humanity. But, we human beings try to find happiness in materialistic pleasures.