Analysis Of On Running After One's Hat

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Think Healthy, Live Healthy: G. K. Chesterton’s 'On Running After One’s Hat ' Abstract In our day to day life we come across many situations good or bad. Every unfavourable situation whether it’s big or trivial, irritates most of us most of the time. This research paper throws light on our attitude towards petty affairs in our daily routine. We start losing patience and getting irritated even for least significant things. We unnecessarily stress ourselves very often. Instead of doing so if we take these least important things lightly, we can get rid of this irritation and distress. The study points out that instead of grumbling at these petty inconvenient situations, how can we enjoy these moments. It may sound strange but it really happens. While encountering routine inconveniences, many people curse the system, the people concerned, the time, and even their own destiny and so on, on the other hand some of us who are fun loving, enjoy these moments. G. K. Chesterton’s essay 'On Running After One’s Hat’ enriched with humour, is the perfect example of it. It helps us in accomplishing this task. Key Words: Enjoyment, Inconvenience, Irritation, Grumble, Attitude, Fun, Optimistic, Hat, Adventure, Life, Positive attitude, Trivial. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the brilliant prose writers of the first half of the 20th century. He was a poet,