How to Be Happier: A Lesson from a Park Bench
Photo by beytlik on Pexels One evening after work, I walked through the city feeling drained. The noise, the rush, the endless thoughts — it all felt heavy. Then I saw him. An old man on a park bench, gently smiling, tossing crumbs to a group of pigeons. He wasn’t rushing. He wasn’t anxious. He was just... there. “I don’t worry about what I’ve lost,” he said. “Those things go anyway. I just enjoy now—because we’ll never be this young again.” That short conversation hit me harder than a motivational video ever could. In a city full of people chasing time, this man had already found peace. He reminded me that maybe happiness isn’t about fixing everything — it’s about noticing what’s already good. Why Can’t We Pause, Too? We're all constantly moving — from work to home, from notification to notification. But what if, just once a day, we paused? No phone. No worry. Just a deep breath. A look at the sky. A smile at something ordinary. Simple...
