The little attributes that weaned off...

My nephew, Advaith who is sixteen months old had come home last month. The little chap is already living up to the standards set by his uncle for his notoriety. I overheard my mother recollect tales of my mischievous days. That's when a sublime thought crossed my mind, I was also once a colorful character, when did all these attributes wane off? Hence inspired by my nephew, I am going to take you down my memory lane and am going to reflect upon all the wonderful childish traits that we miss as adults.

First, A child's smile. It is the purest thing on Earth. When we see a child smile, we tend to forget all our worries and enjoy the moment. As adults we seem to have almost forgotten to smile. It is a proven fact as we age, our smiles per day drop exponentially. Why is that so? We tend take up our problems way too seriously and blow it out of proportion. There is something that's got to be understood is that worrying makes nothing better.

Second, A crying child. Isn't that the most dreaded thing on earth? But have you watched closely? Whenever they cry, they seem to pour their heart out. If they want ice cream, they cry. If they are uncomfortable with something they cry and they never seem to hold back their emotions. But as adults, do we do that? No. We are afraid of being called a cry baby or a drama queen. Hence we end up bottling our emotions, just like a dump yard. But this dump yard has also got its limitations and when it breaks out, the unthinkable happens- depression, loneliness and anxiety. I'm sure you'll be able to find one person in your contact list who's got one of these problems. Don't you think its ironic that in this world of seven billion people, there is someone committing suicide because of loneliness.

Third, The curious child. When my nephew was bored of all his toys I had made him a paper plane and he was playing with it for some time. I noticed that something as trivial as a paper plane was something that interested him a lot. As adults we seem to have evolved to bigger things in life, There is a need to know what Modi, Dhoni or Deepika Padukone is doing right now but we seem to have the liitle things around us? Do we care to ask what our watchman's children's names are? We don't seem to have the time to stop and greet a five year old girl on her birthday and compliment her for her pretty dress. It's not going to cost us anything, but a small enquiry might make a lot of difference to your watchman or that little girl. Hence I want you to be curious. Curious enough to hear the trickling water from that unclosed tap and curious enough to pause your busy life to hear those birds sing.

So, to sum it all up, Smile more often, fear not to express yourself ,relish the little things in life and bring out the child in you.