This is a shot from my balcony window at around 7:30 in the morning. While Bengaluru does not have a lot of things many people in the US consider as 'standard', it does have really freakin' nice weather. In early December, waking up to a morning like this does wonders for the soul. Around 67 degrees, nice breeze, and morning sun... I sit on my balcony for a few moments and watch the world wake up.
In the street below are the familiar bustle: the couple setting up their ironing stall... heating coals, the nurses walking home from the hospital's late shift, the barking stray dogs, the gentleman on his bike calling, "Paaaapeeeer!" asking to buy your old newspapers.
I sit and enjoy everything and realize - again- that we don't need much in life to be happy. We don't need a big TV, or to have a winning sports team. We don't need to have an expensive house where everything is perfect. We don't need whiter teeth, or whiter underarms.
All we need is a smile.
But a bit of sunshine helps too.
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