Let's Celebrate!

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.