Mihika's upside down world

When I say I miss school, I don't miss waking up early but I miss my dad insisting a week in advance that I start practising how to sleep early. When I say I miss meeting my childhood friends, I don't miss what games we played but how innocent we were and all we ever wanted from each other was some fun time and a few laughs. When I say I miss my old toys, I don't miss how they looked or felt but how happy they made me. When I say I miss summer or winter vacation, I don't miss the holidays but having something to look forward to each day because we wanted to live each day like it's the last. When I say I miss the park, I don't miss how aesthetic the scenery was but the swing which made me feel like I could fly as high as possible. When I say I miss watching cartoons, I don't miss or remember the plot of the shows but the excitement of rushing to the washroom during the break to not miss a single minute. When I say I miss being a kid, I don't miss being so...

 I find this question worse than the words "I am fine" We often ask this question when we think the other person is not doing well and we want to help. But why don't we ask this to the person who is smiling? I mean it sounds crazy, right? Asking someone who is happy "Are you okay". They will think I am mocking them. None of us is okay and that's the truth of life. If you think hard, you'll always find something to be happy about, something to be sad about, something to be angry about, and something to be grateful for. It is only when one of these things take up more space, the intensity of the emotion caused by them makes up our mood. The last few days have been a disaster yet some days were nothing short of a dream. This genuinely confused me that at one point I didn't even know how to feel and maybe at that point I felt okay. The good cut the bad and vice versa and I was left in a neutral state. It sucked big time and that's when I realised to ...