Things we can learn from a baby :D

This is a human baby.
It normally makes incomprehensible sounds and leaks a lot.
However, it is an encyclopedia of happiness which we can look into when we feel low.
So here's a list  of all the good things we can learn from babies:




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• Everything I like is my birth right and I shall have it:

Oh they like what they see. 
They like it a lot. Isn’t it absolutely fabulous? 
 If they want something, they will make the skies burst until it is given to them.

• Hop, drop, and get right back up:

In the process of learning to walk, a child bumps into nearly everything and falls down. Every time he does so, there is a bigger smile and sweeter laughter on its face than the previous fall. But does he stop trying? NO! he gets right back up and enjoys it.

• The world is mine to be explored:

A child sees the world with such curious eyes. Always amazed by anything in the mighty world he sees. When the child starts crawling, dare you stop him from going anywhere within the range of its sight. Take him up, put him in bed, you will be shown how unstoppable the little monster is.

-"Wow .. this looks like an interesting coin … let me put this in my mouth and try to eat it because that’s what I am supposed to do."
-"Whoa… the big adults call it ‘fire’. Let me know more about it by putting my hand inside it. OUCH!"
-"Ooooh. That’s a wire… What does it do? Maybe I would know if I just go over there and eat it. Yikes. Mommy is not letting me go there. I definitely should."
-"Hey! That’s a pretty dress my mother absolutely loves. I’m sure it will look much better if I draw clouds on it with her new lipstick.. Masterpiece. :D"
-"My sister has the loveliest long hair. You know what will be fun? Holding her hair and hanging through it. Whee!! "

• Leave me and my G.I Joe alone 

You might be a very important person to him. But when he's doing something he wants to, the thing is the recipient of all his attention. He is completely indulged in whatever he does.
He lives completely in the present. Me and my toy. Nothing else matters... till I get bored of it and want something new! ;D

• I don't need a reason to be happy 
  

Babies are so nice. They are a bucket full of joy but their smile is not very expensive. For them, happiness is in everything: the bath temperature being just right, their mommy making weird faces to make them laugh, munching on a very sweet fruit, watching crows caw :P

They don't need a big reason to be happy.

• I just live without fears

He's so happy because he's living his life and he doesn't think about it.

You must have seen a sleeping baby. He sleeps WITHOUT a single stray thought. Just before sleeping. a baby has no worries, no thoughts. Unlike adults, who in most cases are thinking of a deadline to meet, a target to reach and so on. The little ones have the BEST sleep, with an empty mind. Far from the complexities and perplexities of life (which in some cases are entirely self made)

•  Results don't matter to me

        He doesn't pay much attention to the result of the things he does, whatever comes to his mind, he just indulges into it with all his energy. Nor does he ever think much about the chances of failure, about the shame the failure might bring, or about being perfect in that act. 
Does success shoot up his mind ?? 
Does failure bring any disheartening to him?? 
No!
 He just loves doing and experimenting things, irrespective of the futuristic outcome it will bring, that's why you could feel a real joy always on every child face in whatever things they do ! Adults work the day on a comfortable chair under ac and they easily feel tired after few hours... But a child plays throughout the days, do a gazillion things...but still he is always seen energetic... Isn't it strange?

• I love unconditionally, I have no preconceptions

You are as good to him as the other guy is, who is as good as the other girl is. He loves everyone equally, whatever be you religion or community (as long as you keep feeding him with candies)

They know the universal language of love. Love all equally. :)

         If a child likes you, he loves you completely.  His unconditional smile brings love and smile to everyone around him.... He has no clue about what "ego" is. Children are pure.. That's why they are called "little Gods"

 If he trusts someone, he trusts with full faith. 
Every time someone lifts him up in the air he is sure that he will catch him the very next moment. 
Everyday, he goes to school he has full faith that he will be taken back to his home even though he may have no idea where he actually lives. His complete faith in individuals brings great sense of responsibility among most of the person connected with him. Doesn't it seeme magical ??

• I have a very short memory, I forget and forgive easily

           








A child is so nice compared to the less nice real world around him. Adults (mother/father/relatives) being tense and stressed because of the different diverse daily challenges they face, sometimes behave irritably, and are harsh or rude to their children. 
A child is too innocent to do something intentionally wrong but still they are misbehaved sometimes. Adults generally regret and feel bad about their mistake once they are okay...
But the child has been blessed with a natural short memory to easily forget and forgive people around it, the very next moment adults do something nice to them (bring some chocolates) and the child  gives the relationship a second chance.... Isn't it beautiful ??

• I express myself freely, Truth is my only Language

 

A child can be seen as a huge treasure of all emotions. Whatever he feels is completely shown on his face. Can you stop a child from crying or laughing or loving someone, if he wants to? If something makes them feel better, they just express it and felt better afterwards. They don't suppress their feelings like we adults sometimes do and lose some of our precious people only being unable to express how we actually feel... Isn't it a foolish loss ??

• I love to share!

A child doesn't have any understanding for personal belongingness of things, They identify things usually in 3rd person : Dana's dress, Dana's food. They don't say my dress, my doll until they are taught to do so. Before that happens, he gives and he shares from the heart.









He usually considers more about people's happiness than materialistic attachments... When he gives freely, he gains even more. Already knowing from our childhood that happiness is in caring, still we generally hesitate to share... Isn't it ironic ??

• I am always imaginative and dream big, impossible doesn't exist for me

Limitations,
boundaries,
unbelievable, 
impossibilities: 
These words don't have any occupancy in the dictionary of a child. Look at a child! He is always planning and ready for a new adventure, sometimes he succeeds in his adventure, sometimes he fails, but he continues dreaming, full of positivism
We all have dreamed of big things for us when we use to be little. But dealing with the challenges of life,  we feel loss of hope and stop believing in our dreams. 
So, go out looking for a child and ask him what he wants to be when he grows up, reminding you of your childhood saying to you "Don't limit yourself. you can go as far as your mind lets you. Remember: What you believe is what you can achieve.  Aren't you feeling more hopeful ??

                  

"Leisurely"

"What is this life if full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare"

           - Leisure, William Henry Davies 





It's a poem all of us must have read somewhere or the other in middle school. The poet has beautifully expressed a great learning of life in just the limited space of two sentences.
In the fight for perfection, adults are so much careful and tense about being flawless:
being the best in studies
having the highest grade
having the best job
dating the perfect girl/boy
being the best in their research work
starting the best startup
So much preoccupied with their "priorities" that they are eternally busy shaping their perfect future that they many a times, end up with the feeling of so-much-to-do-so-little-time

Thus it takes only so much to find happiness. Having all the money, certificate, best business but internally, most of them are never satisfied, not at peace because they are most of the time conscious about their future which indeed is a mystery and has no control.

In the pursuit of success, we often tend to work so hard to become oblivious of our existence. our breath, walking on grass, the beautiful night sky, LOVELY flowers which greet us on our way to college/work, the chirping of birds in the morning, the selfless love of the mother, kindness of people around us, cold and lovely evening breeze ( Power cuts in the college :P ), refreshing rainfall, captivating sunrise and sunset, shady relief of a tree on a sunny day, the calming sound of the flowing river, the sweetness of fresh fruits and numerous other things.

We want to be the best, to succeed, but where are we going to end up being the best? What would we achieve at the end of this tireless fight?
I'm not criticizing those who work day and night to achieve what they want. It is definitely the best thing to do. That's not the point.
Surely, we would achieve something substantial.. but we would be missing out on a lot.
We are not alone on this earth, we are a part of the nature, which is more powerful and divine, bigger than all of us to take care of us Earthlings.

So it would be nice if we leave all the problems to the supreme and keep doing our work.
(Or as Dory says, "Just Keep Swimming") ;)
And at the same time, not being too careful not to fail. For just a part of the day, take a pause, sit back, stare at the beautiful creatures and the art being created every moment around us, which would make us a part of the beautiful song of life going on, which plays all the time, but not everyone gets to hear it :D

Light From One Lamp!

I remember once when me and Modita were discussing (over twitter :P) about how unexpected this jeevan is! And how great it feels to experience something nice when you are least expecting it!
My fifth semester had started with 'An Unexpected Sojourn' and interestingly it is now ending with another surprise.
The story starts thus:
It was a foggy day in December. And sitting somewhere inside the mighty campus of my college, as I was mustering all the broken pieces of courage to study for the LAST exam of the semester, somebody asked me to come over. While I was walking over, I had this turmoil of winter-plus-headache-plus-eye irritation-plus-exam-hatred going on, and I was trying to sort them one at a time.
This is what I saw upon going there, after which all this turmoil momentarily gave way:



















Okay. So I saw a beautifully made paper lamp. And by the time I'm done with admiring it, I notice a scroll (tied by jugaad :P) kept on it. I observed it from every angle like a child who sees something new for the very first time and then I hear, "It is for you, you can read it!"

"Here is a lamp with one light. Consider it as my symbolic wishes to light up your upcoming year with joy and happiness."

(This is in relation to a book we are trying to read a little at the moment, "Light From Many Lamps")
 So after reading all of the letter I realized it was my birthday gift.
I have had many surprises on my birthday already. This one took it to the next level.
The lamp was made so nicely, that I don't think I have the right words to express my gratitude. I mean why would someone make such a nice thing for me when tomorrow is a very dangerous exam! :O
Deadly mode apart, this is  how I got my lovely first lamp.
Moral of the story:
With this, the person has given a good reason that justifies the closing note in the letter. I don't simply go into raptures about everyone. I do have a bunch of really nice people around me to make me do that all the time.
Baaki baat baad mein
Happy Exams! I have to start a fight with five deadly units now. Meat. Lovely to eat. Nasty to study.

P.S. My birthday was 11 days ago. :D

Today... !!

Today, i want to write about today

not tomorrow
not yesterday
Today was the best day out of the  6175  days i have lived. nor do i think anything, however good it may be, can match it ! 
if this was forever, what could be better?  this day gave me all i needed..all i needed to lift me up. this day saw me happy like never before, smiling like never before, crying like never before , brave like never before, scared like never before, saw myself into big big trouble ... but it was worth it !! 
but most of all.. 
THIS DAY GAVE ME A GOAL TO SHOOT FOR !! and made even a lazy one like me take a very very important decision. and i'm amazed at my suddenly discovered seriousness. (which i never ever had)
 i could describe today in 5 million words... but neither do i have that much time and nor do i know as many words (you know it makes sense, right?)  
so long live physics extra class
long live atiksha's cellphone
long live heena's scooty 
and long live the broken road that led me to this     
**disfrutar de la vida** :)