88. Reading Skills Comprehension: Joy

Joy

Read the passage given below carefully:

How does one go about creating joy on a regular basis? According to Meadow Linn, one should start small. Happiness can grow and blossom into a beau bouquet, but first, it needs to start as a tiny seed. Thereafter it must be nurtured every day. One m begin by revelling in seemingly insignificant objects and moments. Perhaps it could be the perfume a vibrant flower; the way the evening light dances across the sky before sunset. Once one starts to see the beauty and magic in everyday life, one can begin to experience the same in all areas of one’s life. Thereafter these ‘eureka’ moments begin to prompt the person into making big and small changes in life and help the person in mending broken relationships, help them find a new hobby and so on. The list is endless.

Sitar player Anoushka Shankar says that she would like to create her moments of happiness by staying connected with her inner core and then projecting her own unique light outwards. Greek mathematician Archimedes, when he uttered the words: ‘I’ve found it’, established the important principle of physics at that moment. Today we don’t need life-changing discoverers. We can find personal inspirations by discovering our own ‘eureka’ moments.

 According to Katja Rusanen, a spiritual coach, the two most powerful words that can empower us are: I AM. According to him, whatever we attach to ‘I AM’ is what you will finally become. If you give yourself the power to be negative, negativity will be repeated and if you give the power to be positive, you will create eureka moments every day.

 According to fashion designer, Kiran Uttam Ghosh one should take time out to repeat one’s happy moments every day. During breaks through the day by doing new things, one indulges in an unknowable essence that exists. Her eureka moment comes when she creates a new outfit or drinks a cup of chai.

 Another eureka moment comes in our lives when we suddenly start understanding a complicated problem. According to writers John Kounios and Mark Beeman, it is the moment when the fog clears and you have a rare insight into a problem which you didn’t have before.

Yoga coach Mini Thapar says that for her there need not be something extraordinary to find her eureka moment. One can get one’s eureka moment from the complacency that sets in while living an everyday routine. The ecstatic moment comes when one least expects it. Researchers have seen that much of what is seen as creativity folklore actually has foundations in rock-hard fact. There are firm reasons why we get our best ideas at times when we are simply gazing at the ceiling.

 (a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage make notes on it, using headings and subheadings. Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary — a minimum of four) and a format you consider suitable. Also, supply an appropriate title to it.

(b) Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words.

 Ans. (a) The Search for Happiness

I. Meadow Linn’s idea

(i)start small

(ii) happiness will blossom into a bouquet

(iii) happiness lies in seemingly small objects

(iv) find happiness in everyday life

II.Eureka moments begin to change life

(i)help mend broken reclaims

 (ii) find a new hobby, etc.

III. When they found their eureka moment.

(i)Anoushka Shankar

 (ii) Staying connected with her inner core and project own light

 (iii) Greek mathematician Archimedes:

 (iv) A.his defining moment in physics

 (v) Kiran Uttam Ghosh: fashion designer

 (vi) A. taking breaks by doing new things

B.an indulgent cup of chai

C. creating a new outfit

 (vii) personal inspiration key to individual eureka moments individual

IV. Views of Rusanen, spiritual coach

(i)take time out to repeat happy moments

(ii) Empower yourself with the words: I AM

 (iii) do not indulge in negative thoughts

V. Writers John Kounios and Mark Beeman’s eureka moment

(i) understanding a complicated problem

 (ii) getting insight into problems which one didn’t have earlier

VI. Mini Thaar’s emphasis

(i)happiness is in everyday moments

(ii) folkloric creativity rests on rock-hard facts

(iii) firm reasons behind best ideas while gazing at the ceiling

(b) Summary

Meadow Linn advises that to gain happiness, start small, collect a happiness bouquet subsequently. Eureka moments can change a life, build broken relationships, start new hobbies. According to Anoushka Shankar, it comes from inner connectivity. For Archimedes, it was his defining moment in physics while Kiran Uttam Ghosh gets her after creating a new outfit and drinking chai. Writers state eureka moments are linked with solving niggling problems but Mini Thapar claims that happiness lies in everyday things as there are solid reasons why some sources yield happiness.

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