C.E.L.E.B.R.A.T.I.O.N
Life is all about Celebration.
With the summer vacation setting in, I along with my cousins
decided to play “Snake & Ladder” to beat the summer heat indoors. As we
were playing, my 5 year old son and 4 year old niece were watching us play the
game intently. They observed that, when
the player had a favorable toss of the dice, she used to cheer and the kids
joined along. After a couple of games, the kids pleaded to be allowed to play
too.
We gave in, but before we could help them understand the
game, they were all ready snatching the dice and rolling it. Soon I realized
that it was the dice rolling that attracted them and not the game as such. The
board remained idle while the kids tossed the dice. They didn’t know the game
or even to make out what number was depicted in each side of the dice. But,
they played merrily. The only difference was that, irrespective of what number
was tossed, the kid cheered and celebrated. Every toss of the dice was
celebrated like a grand success and this continued without the children getting
bored.
It made me ponder on how beautifully children are gifted
with the instinct nature to celebrate life, every moment and every time. They
could do it each time, with no reason of course. Their enthusiasm became so
contagious that soon everyone joined in cheering them and it was such a great
evening. As we grow old, we tend to forget to even smile and laugh, leave alone
celebrate. We take things too seriously, that we can’t remember that last time
we laughed our heart out or enjoyed our day. Days roll by and we tread along
like a machine. We are not aware of what food we eat what words we spoke and
sometimes forgot what we have to do also. We are so lost running a race with
such speed that we have no time to even realize where we are heading to. We
look forward for that IDEAL situation or D-Day to come, to celebrate and with
all the anticipation and excitement, we fail to even enjoy the day, when it
happens.
“Child is the father of man”. I learnt a very good lesson from
these children that you need to enjoy life every moment and make the maximum,
for every moment that passed by would never come again.
