Nitin Goswami, who is currently starring in Deewani, feels that people take happiness differently at different stages of life. And with time, he has realized that happiness is something from within and cannot be found anywhere else.
He said, “I think you get to know about different stages of life. Happiness means different things. When we are young, we want something—anything materialistic—and we think that happiness will come from there. Then, as we grow up, we think that when we get a job, we will get happiness. Then we think, No, when we earn this particular amount or buy this particular thing, then we will get happiness.”
“If I talk about an actor, I used to think that earlier I was getting some small characters; if I play a negative lead, then I will get happiness; if I do the main lead, then I will get happiness; if I get this car, then I will get happiness; or if I live in that area, then I will get it. But now I have understood that happiness is not found; happiness is within you; you have to get used to being happy; things will not come to you to make you happy,” he added.
For him, defining happiness means that one should get into the habit of being happy. “You are feeling happiness within you; you can be happy by picking up a small thing, that is, a small thing that is not even yours; then you will not get happiness; you will keep searching for it somewhere. My whole life, I have known that happiness is within you; to keep yourself happy, try smiling,” he said.
“If you are ever sad, try smiling once; your body will react differently. When you are sad, otherwise people laugh, then they do not know that you are happy. Yes, friend, I am happy, but when you are sad, especially if you deliberately try to be happy, try to make yourself laugh, then you feel a lot of changes,” he added.
He believes there are no levels of happiness, as it is inside you. “We decide that if we get this, then we will be happy; if we get that, then we will be happy, but happiness is within you, and you will have to make it a habit; use it like an addiction; if you use it, then for the rest of your life you will be called an addict and an alcoholic for happiness,” he said.
Nitin mentioned that if one is peaceful and satisfied, then they are happy; however, he stressed that people often mistake success for happiness. He said, “If you are looking for happiness, then success gives you temporary happiness; happiness and the habit of being happy give you lifelong happiness; and the habit of being happy means you can be happy even by picking up a small stone moving on the road.”
“For that, to be successful, I do not say to stop dreaming, dream, and run after your dreams, but don’t get worried in your personal professional life or the moment you feel happy,” he added.
Can you share moments from your personal and professional lives when you genuinely felt happy? “God has given me so much, and not everyone gets it. If we talk about personal life, when you become something, your parents tell people that this is my son, and look, when we come from the middle class and my father used to work in CID Police, he is retired now, and today my father says that the hero of this show is my son. It was with great happiness when we used to say this, and it is a big thing for my parents too. It makes me feel very good that my parents are very happy. I have to go far, but seeing that I have reached here, he was very happy,” Nitin shared.
