Zens2Cents

After an exhausting trip to the market, the kids started yelling garden...garden.   Exhausted as she was, she could do with some me time whilst the kids played under her watch. She sat on the grass and looked around at the happy faces of the kids. The innocence in their smile and carefree attitude. Just then, a balloon bounced on her. Catching it instinctively, she caught her kids looking at her.   All the exhaustion aside, she stood up looking at those pleading eyes and said “catch me if you can”

The entire day I’ve been coming across children’s day post, where pictures from our childhood were posted of themselves or of their children when they were toddlers. There was no single picture of us as adults indulging in our favorite things or memories from our childhood. It shows us how busy we have become in our life that we’ve learnt only to move ahead leaving the past behind. In a way, yes that’s a great way to live life; in the present and true for most people who have not had a great childhood and wish to leave the old memories behind. But as per me, memories make us (omission of the word or break is intentional). The pleasant ones give us something to look forward to and the bad ones teach us to learn from our mistakes. Both all in all work for us, if we learn how to apply them positively in life. Why do we then forget to enjoy and live life carefree like we did as children, without any inhibitions and pressure to succeed? Why do we not try thing just to experience i...