Revisiting our Childhood once again- PART 1- HAPPY CHILDREN’S DAY

Heya everyone!!!

Firstly, Happy Children’s Day to all of us!!!

It feels truly wonderful when we think of ourselves as kids, not that many of us have grown up but we just tend to behave all though we have. Those of you who are still stressed, just for today, become a kid and do those things that you enjoyed doing.  I know that many of us are totally engrossed and busy in the humdrum of the fast paced life but few hours today will not make a difference for sure.

I remember in school we had celebrations for Children’s day and we used to participate in the cultural programs and make sure that day our teachers were entertained.  I am sure all of us would have entertained our teachers all through the years in school, with our antics and naughty acts but this was the official day when we got the chance to do so in front of a big audience.

As kids we could do anything that was supposedly ‘tabboo’ and get away with it.  Even when we used to fight with friends, it used to be settled then and there. There was innocence.  We never carried anything back home or in our minds. But as we grow up we tend to do the exact opposite of what we did when we were kids. We find it difficult to forgive and let go.  Kids only love to play, be happy, happier and happiest.  They do not label anyone – for them everything is fun.  We never believed in labels and for us everyone was a friend and it was all about having fun and more fun.

I remember when I was a kid and was also very naughty then.  I and my sister used to fight and then make up in less than 5 mints. The punishment was not to talk to my little sister. This was the greatest punishment I felt, I would wait for those 5 mints to end as if it never existed and then go and start playing and troubling her again.  That was childhood – full of innocence.

There was fun in drawing, painting, making sand castles, dancing like no one’s watching, singing even though we did not know the lyrics –but it was fun, there was enjoyment in that.  During those days we had these ice-cream vendors who used to come in the afternoon selling different colours and flavours of ice cream candies. I used to literally wait for the jingling sound of his vehicle and literally prayed that he would come that day (more so because Amma would have promised me to treat me to that ice candy).  Eating that was so joyful and I felt as if I was in the 7^th heaven. I used to plead with amma to buy me one everyday, but as all of us would be aware that money was less those days.  But the satisfaction of eating that 25 paisa ice candy can never be compared to the Baskin Robbins chocolate ice cream of today.

More about our childhood memories in the next blogpost!!!

Bye for now, keep smiling – it’s simple and will keep your Blood Pressure under control.

P.S.  Did you know that kids smile more than 350 times in a day (without exaggeration) and adults max 15 times.