“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”
Maya Angelou
Some years ago someone asked me a question which is very simple but the answer is very confusing if anyone thinks for a moment. He simply asked me “WHAT IS THE BEST FEELING ON EARTH”?? I kept on thinking and came up with some answers but even I was not convinced with them myself. Today I feel like writing something which will in a way answer this simple yet perplexing question.
Firstly, I guess that the answer to this question changes with age. With increase in maturity, the number of feelings that are felt and realized also increases. For a baby, the best feeling would be an assuring warm hug by his mother. For a teenager it can be anything between getting high over 8 pegs of vodka while listening to Pink Floyd or activities which are best to be censored for the readers benefit. Again for someone who is in his middle years, it can be when he gets recognition for the hard work which he has put in at his workplace. Then again as one nears the dawn of his life, the best feeling is one when he sees everyone around his family doing good for himself and he can be proud of what he has achieved in his life.
But the question was asked to me. So let me try to answer it in my way. After much thinking and reasoning I think there are two things which feels the best and nothing on earth can beat them (again I must tell you that these are my personal choices).
Let me come to the first of them. Everyone who is reading this must have had feelings for someone which was hard to express (in some cases it is still to be expressed). But here I would talk about the people who went forward and had the courage to express that feeling and got a positive answer in return. Just try to remember the day and the array of feelings that you felt. Firstly there was the indecision of whether to go ahead or not. And after that when the bullet had been fired, there was the feeling of fear. Then there was anxiety. And then after all this when the answer was the one that you hoped for, this special feeling took over. It was not exactly happiness alone. Nor was it relief all the way. You may say it was love, but that was there all along. The only way to describe the feeling was that it was LOVELY. The feeling lasts only a while and then settles down and you are back to the logical world planning the relation ahead, but those few moments feel out of this world. If anyone asks you at that particular point that how does it feel, your obvious answer would be, “THE BEST FEELING ON EARTH”.
Now coming to the second feeling which is a little abstract. It is not unnatural that we all have a bad day once in a while. Everything feels bad that day and there is this acerbic tongue that takes over. The whole world seems irritating and everyone seems like a foe. But then suddenly out of nowhere your eyes set upon a charming sweet little soul who passes by and gives an innocent smile at you. That smile has no hidden meaning. No sly thought. That soul is pure and innocent. It loves to smile and loves the world. It teaches you that it doesn’t cost a thing to smile. It halves your frustration and doubles your joy. A simple smile brings order to the unruly world around you. It is an innocent smile which has no particular meaning but it removes the bad feelings that were brewing up inside you all the while. To me that feeling of happiness when you see the innocent smile is certainly one of THE BEST FEELINGS ON EARTH.
So these are the two best feelings which I felt in my life and I really think some of you who will be reading this would agree with me. In the meantime just ponder upon this simple question and let me know all of your answers.
