Live and let live today
This one is inspired by an advise given by my grand mother. It's so motivating to know that she often reads my blogs and shares her feedback. As a response to my last blog she told me to make the most of current age and enjoy life as priorities and choices would change with age.
On a lighter note, few party animals amongst us probably now only enjoy good food more than the loud music. Various plans are made keeping sleeping time in mind. Weekend plans are most welcome, weekdays are probably just left for crisis management. An invitation card announcing a wedding on a weekday gets silent curses first followed by good wishes.
Well! Aforesaid was just to set a tone for grown ups like us. Leaving all this beside one thing that is to be focused now is; the childhood of this generation and the one coming. We have built so much competition and stress in environment that our little ones have lost smiles and sense of true happiness. The truth is that things are changing so rapidly that you will not be able to make a wise decision very often. To look at it, we elderlies have passed on our very own peer pressure to them. I ain't sure if we are giving them a right exposure or just adding on to the burden on those fragile shoulders.
Educated ones need to think of the probability that your child has to outshine those millions by just giving competetive exams and aiming for that rank. Why do we forget that each child becomes one in million for her/his parent the moment s(he) is born. What your child really needs to learn is to live, to be sensitive to other human beings and their emotions. Your child will learn this from the lifestyle s(he) sees you practicing. Your child needs your guidance to make decisions and move ahead, not your orders, except for the places where there safety and security is a matter of concern.
Wait wait!! Did you forget your other set of children? They are your parents, these children need to be assured that they are yet capable of doing what they want. They need your care more than guidance to keep the confidence high. They need your time more than amenities and so will be your needs post few decades. Please don't decide their priorities basis your current age. It's your time to stand by them in their failures and celebrate their little successes.
Live and let live the current age.
Manisha Dawar