Happiness in the calander and paradox of effort.

I was walking inside my room. In mindfulness. Noticing silence, embracing the present moment. Of course I did not think about it like that during the time I was doing it. I was thinking about that after, when I wrote about it. During the process of mindfulness I wasn't expecting anything in return. What can a life give you other than awareness of it?

It is the new-year 2026. Everyone has new objectives. Everyone wants to be something. Hence Everyone is living. Have you ever thought how much effort you have to take to be someone or something? Isn't that exhausting? How did the last year go? Did it turn out to be as good as you wished at the begining of the year? I am not going to do a postmortem on the dead 2025. I am here to remind you simple joys of life that you and I missed because we took it too seriously.

Happiness in Shirt

Paradox of effort.

Have you ever heard about the concept of paradox of effort? If you haven't maybe magical mindful living is the first one to say that. I'm not proud of it rarther I would say it's just universe. But I have to explain what I mean by paradox of effort to the reader.

If you are a musician, you may have to tune your instrument before you play that. How do you do it? If you're playing the violin you may have to tune the strings to the proper pitch by turning some screws. Compare turning a screw in violine to your effort, in doing something. There is no point putting all your effort and try to make each string as tight as possible. That will make just noise, not music. The effort of turning the screw is an art. We do not aim to exhaust ourselves. We have to be gentle, precise, like a surgeon making an incision on a anaesthetised patient. Imagine a surgeon Trying to make an incision using all his effort. That would kill ! Not heal the patient.

As you can see effort is not at all supposed to be used like a hammer on a nail. Even that is has to be adequate, precise, and done with care. Then only the best outcomes will arise. Like a melody of a music. I think you get the point that I do not have to hammer more here.

Happiness in the calander

This brings me to the calander. Yes, new calander of 2026. On the wall just infront of me. With beautiful pictures of amazing places on earth, which I can only wish to be. But I wasn't wasting my time wishing I could be there. I am already there. Observing the beauty of the Kanchenjunga the third highest mountain peak of planet earth. Like a wall, built to halt the clouds, it has risen above the clouds to reach for heaven itself. I could see the fine details on its steep slopes and the silhouette of its shape on the floor when I took my eyes out of it. I could close my eyes and feel the cold breeze as I was observing it from the space. Did I worry that I wasn't there? On the top of the mountain? Struggling with my life to survive with an oxygen tank?

Snowy mountain

Call me a weak hearted coward, but I knew exactly who I am when I could be happy just looking at my new 2026 calander. It is going to be a great year ahead. Nothing more as, I know I just can sit and observe my calander and see the patterns in its numbers like a kid and doodle on it with a smile on my face. I do not have to strike at life so hard. Just observing it's flow is enough.

Let's help it flow it's course, the life.