WHAT A 96 YEAR OLD REMINDED THE HAPPINESS CATALYST
WHAT A 96 YEAR OLD REMINDED THE HAPPINESS CATALYST At a celebration to mark my father’s 96th birthday, my cousin Dv Vivek asked him a question – “Your son calls himself the Happiness Catalyst, but what is happiness according to you?” The response came almost immediately – “Being satisfied with you have.” There was a spontaneous burst of applause – I suspect for the wisdom, clarity of thought, brevity in communication and the authenticity of the response….Over all these years, I can’t recall any instance of him complaining about any particular situation. But wait a minute….It’s not as if this man was laid back and content to let the world pass him by. He jumped off planes without a reserve parachute in WWII, was ambitious (youngest General in the Indian Army), learnt to type and use the computer at 70, mastered email at a youthful 80 and started practicing simple yoga asanas when he could not longer walk steadily at 90! So, clearly it was not that he did not wish ...