ACHIEVEMENT

A sense of achievement is something which we derive when we put our heart and soul into what we are doing and we accomplish the task.

Ayush has been a sense of achievement for me. When I see him today, I am a proud mother. I am happy he is able to teach me a lot of things I dont know. He makes me think. I am four times his age, but at times the statements that he makes to my reactions gets me thinking and pondering on his response. Children have a fantastic ability to see things just as what they are. They dont analyse, think, twist it in their mind and try to reason things out. I dont know if we will ever come to a stage when we can talk what comes to our mind.

The best part is that todays curriculum makes them see real life. I dont remember reading poetry which talked about day to day activities. The latest poetry being on "Washing". The poet talks about washing day in and day out as a chore which is such a drab. Everytime the poet hears his mom asking him if he has washed his hands after he is back from play, before he sits for a meal and so on... We were able to relate so much to this. We infact even laughed about it saying that I am just like the poet's mom always behind him asking him the same questions.Such simple language and such a simple topic.

I see him reading the encyclopedia and referring to topics that he is learning everyday at school. He puts forth questions which are definetly very difficult for me to answer, but I feel good that he is taking extra effort to learn something apart from his curriculum.

My Son gives me a sense of achievement.

SURPRISES

"Dont tell people how to do things.Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results"

The very essence of a relationship is surprise. Love withers with predictability.To make love a prisoner of the mundane things is to take away its passion and lose it forever.Mystery is what adds spice to life. So go ahead surprise your loved ones.The most important thing in life is to give out love and to let it come in on its own.

Thank u for the surprise visit mouli,gaya,soumya and sundar.

Hospital Hearings

"Be the reason for someone's Happiness,not necessarily a part of it.Be a part of someone's sadness, never the reason for it."

Relating to my earlier topic on true friends, I guess the last week has proved to me who they are. The hospitalisation of my husband had been a mental and physical drain for both of us. If it was not for our friends who called on us every two hours to check ,i dont know if I would have been able to handle myself so confidently. I would like to thank my friend who cheered me up time and again during the last 6 days.

We had our relations visiting us and giving their advice on do's and dont's. This is when i wished that people would understand our state of mind and try and cheer us up. I guess relations are more worried while friends know its time to make us feel relaxed and try and underplay the situation so as to not get us too worked up. I guess the elders still saw us as children and wanted to share their years of experience ,while at that time all we wanted was a smile and some fresh flowers and books to lighten us up from that gloomy hospital atmosphere. Adults should start treating their children as Adult friends.

Some simple learning at the hospital :

1)Don't Should on people(you should do this, i did it when i was sick)

2) Listening is a skill that we all need to learn and practice in all our relationships.

3) Take fresh flowers(provided they are not allergic to them), a crossword book, a book to read.

4) Turn on the vibration mode on your cell phones.

5) Speak cheerful things,talk about the current scenario etc.,(There's something about the hospital that makes everyone want to tell gross tales of other operations, other procedures. This must be nipped in the bud. )

Thank you all for your support.