Bubbling with happiness

I am bubbling with happiness this morning.

I opened a pack of Dates for breakfast and noted on the package that it is ‘deseeded’. In that instance I understood the difference between ‘seedless’ and ‘deseeded’. And that led to the awareness that how communication with inappropriate usage of words, however insignificant it may sound, can be grossly misunderstood.

Before leaving for work, I got to see the last 5 minutes of the Iranian movie ‘Children of heaven’. It is one of my favourite movies. I have watched it many times, but somehow missed the last portion of it - after the boy comes first in the running race. Today I saw the final scene - The boy Ali takes off his torn and tattered shoes, peels of his socks from his blistered feet and soaks his feet in a pond and golden fishes come and caress his feet. It was a poetic finale for a classic movie. (I never get tired of talking about this movie)

Last night at the dining table we were discussing lunar eclipse. My brother said it was lunar eclipse couple of days ago. I knew it was not full moon couple of days ago and hence I said it couldn’t be. My niece said it could occur on other days too.

As is my personality, I wasn’t very sure of my facts. I withdrew from the argument. First thing after coming to work this morning, I checked in Google. It clearly stated ‘there is always a full moon the night of a lunar eclipse’. This not only clarified my understanding, but going through the exercise, this information would also be etched in my memory.

I know the happiness bubbling in me is disproportionate to the actual experiences, but I also realize this is what happiness is all about.