Proud of "ME"!

Wednesday, January 20, year 2021 is the day marked in golden ink in history forever. 

The inauguration! First Woman Vice President of the United States. Really a very proud day for almost everyone. I was sitting in my living room, watching on the TV this historic event take place. I could feel the pride in having an Indian originated vice president and female.  I mean it is about time, that we get what we deserve and more. We should be recognized and appreciated for simply being a girl, a woman, a female species. 

So I was in my house, feeling proud and emotional and I see out of the patio, a gardener was going about doing his task of blowing the fallen leaves out of the way. He saw me looking at him and he waved, I waved back and smiled. He went about doing his job. My husband was working from home doing his job. My kids attending online school, doing their "jobs". So in short what I mean to say, something big happened, something life-changing and historic. However, my question is, something great happened but for whom? 

Don't confuse this post as something with a political agenda, no, most definitely not. This is a simple blog with simple life facts and truths. Again life facts and truths related to whom? This might apply to many of you.  What I mean to say is Ms. Kamala Harris will be very proud of her achievements. Her loved ones and associates must be very proud of her achievements and in turn their own as they had something to do with her achievements. 

Now let's take a look at common people like in my house, my husband is very happy with his work-related achievements, my kids are happy with getting good grades and simple assignments that they do for school. 

What did I do to be proud of? I am in between jobs right now.  I do a little bit of writing every day and that makes me happy. I maintain a routine of working out every day, I do the cooking, I do the dishes, I do the cleaning. But I don't do anything in terms of achievement every day.  So most people would say what did I do to be proud of myself? Nothing out of the ordinary come to think of it.  Now here is the twist, the epiphany, who says that we need to do something out of the ordinary to feel that we have "achieved" something? 

People we don't. It is all relative. It is all in our heads.  Everybody does not have to take a hard and tough path to feel the achievement or success. Sometimes taking a simple path with no hassles can also give equal satisfaction.  That feeling of achievement. That feeling of success and ultimately that feeling of "Pride" in yourself. 

I do have that feeling every day doing mundane everyday routine tasks. Because it is all in my head and I am happy with being this version of "ME". 

P.S: Not to offend anyone, but I am a happy soul and that is all I wanted to say in this post. To be happy and to be proud of yourself, you don't need to clarify it to anyone.  You just have to be satisfied by what you are, who "you" are.