The Limitless Child...!

Place: Somewhere between reality and fantasy

So, the whole world has entered a new year. The hangover is now over and the feeling of your regular job, apathetic colleagues and EMIs sink in. The terrorists are here to attack our country’s integrity. The calendars roll every day. A moment of positivity as the year changes is just a pretext to make you feel good. This makes you gather your energies once again and try fighting the odds that surround you. So, is there a permanent solution that can unleash the lost positivity, you may require a week later? There is a timeless solution to this and it lies within you.

Remember, yourself as a child. You were limitless, fearless and beaming with energy every time you fell. The moment you heard the sound of an airplane you searched it all in the skies. And each time you traced the airplane you dreamt of being a pilot. You were an astronaut the other day, a writer during the weekends, a cricketer in the evening and much more. A child believes in whatever he/she is doing and is careless of the effects of his/her actions. We often grow up and know more that makes us think of limitations that impede us.

Here are six short stories (Source: Self-Written, Quora and Internet) that will make you think how wonderful it would be to tackle your problems as a child and be limitless for the rest of your limited time on earth:

1.       The Self-Belief:

My little cousin was travelling with his grandfather on a scooter one day.

My great uncle told my cousin, "Please hold me tightly."

My cousin replied, "Why Dadu, will you fall down?"

No matter how miniscule you are, never lose your confidence.

                 2. The Selfless Care for loved ones:

A lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands.

Her mother came in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile: my sweetie, could you give your mom one of your two apples?

The girl looked up at her mom for some seconds, then she suddenly took a quick bite on one apple, and then quickly on the other.

The mom felt the smile on her face freeze. She tried hard not to reveal her disappointment.

Then the little girl handed one of her bitten apples to her mom, and said: “Mummy, here you are. This is the sweeter one…!

 No matter who you are, how experienced you are, and how knowledgeable you think you are, always delay judgement. Give others the privilege to explain themselves. What you see may not be the reality. Never conclude for others.

  

3. The Effortless Enthusiasm:

               

We hate each Monday after a long weekend and crave for an extra day between Saturday and Sunday. I am no different and was brooding over going to office on a Monday morning. As I was walking, a little girl ran past me with her mother. She was oozing with energy to go to school. Her school bag was heavier than her. She wasn’t paid to go to school. She had homework to finish over weekend and a scolding teacher is a regular scene in every school. Despite all odds, she could not wait to board her school bus. On the other hand, I enjoyed my weekend watching my favourite movies, I was paid to go to office and I had a lighter laptop on my back.

                The only thing we lack in life to fight our troubles is a smile and an endless effortless enthusiasm, a little girl could easily carry these things on a regular basis.

4. The Fearless Fighting Spirit:

I was at Mumbai Airport and was annoyed by a 4 year old kid’s excitement as he was going to board airplane for the first time. He was running everywhere, touching all outlets that sell coffee and chocolates and almost fell seeing a plane through the glasses. We gathered ourselves and a blue coloured bus was ready to pick us up. The kid was startled and annoyed. He was not ready to board the bus. His father was embarrassed and convinced him to board the bus for a large pack of chocolates. The bus began turning its wheels and he shrieked: “Dad, the pilot has cheated us. Instead of airplane, we are now going Bangalore in a bus. But don’t worry. I am going to fight the pilot and take our money back as soon as I reach Bangalore.” Everyone in the bus started laughing.

It is not the size of the dog in the fight that counts; it is the size of the fight in the dog that matters. A lesson the child was oblivious of and yet practised.

5. The Carefree Thoughts:

Everyone dreads Mumbai rains. Some fear it so much that they carry an umbrella all the time during the year. It was July and was raining incessantly. I was running like a headless chicken to get my shoes, clothes and other belongings inside the house and then I see something magical. I see my 5 year old neighbour, a little girl, storming out of her house with her little umbrella, dancing in the rain. Her mother rushes out and picks her in. 5 minutes later… The little girl is again out in the rain and this time without an umbrella. Her mother picks her back and this merry go round race repeats once more.

Be Carefree. The storms can’t budge you.

  

6. Reality Distortion:

An excerpt from the movie: The Dark Knight Rises

Blind Prisoner: How can you move faster than possible, fight longer than possible without the most powerful impulse of the spirit: the fear of death?

Bruce Wayne: I do fear death. I fear dying in here, while my city burns, and there's no one there to save it.

Blind Prisoner: Then make the climb.

Bruce Wayne: How?

Blind Prisoner: As the child did. Without the rope. Then fear will find you again.

 The realism warranted every prisoner to climb out with a rope. The child did not know it and made it. Steve Jobs did distort reality to see futuristic products. The kids do it on a regular basis.

It is easier said than done. The world expects us to be mature and not childish. These words can be an easy rebuttal to this story. Remember, growing up is a myth. The day you stop thinking like a child, you stop living…!

Amit Leela Purohit
The Lone Soldier
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Beyond the Idea of Power : Maa

Gist : The constancy of change makes it the most powerful thing in time and space. Something equally powerful is waiting for you at the story’s end…!

Disclaimer : The writer is agnostic.

Two Years : 2013 - 2015 : Yes, it has been a long time. A lot has changed since I stopped updating this space. There were a lot of reasons that made my pen pause with a thoughts. One of the thoughts were that this halt may be the end of my journey of words. My life, lives of scores of people around me, the world and the space has changed and evolved in some good and bad sense.

Source : Internet

From the death of personalities like Margaret Thatcher, Paul Walker, Dr Kalam, Nelson Mandela, Rajesh Khanna, B.B. King and many more to change of political guard in India and Pakistan, these two years have witnessed a lot of changes. If you are many of those who look up to skies for solace, spectacular events like the Venus meeting the moon, the conjunction of the Venus and Jupiter left us spell bound. Brutal terror attacks were witnessed on various faces of Mother Earth leaving scars on faces of some of her children forever. ISRO’s Mangalyaan and NASA’s New Horizons are keeping our hopes alive of finding someone in outer space. Needless to say no-brainer movies (Isi baat pe chal beta selfie le le re…!) in India are making more than 1 billion (in INR) and a couple of TV shows enter their 8th year of telecast leaving me baffled.

Many lovemaking souls were separated, few settled together and some of them are / would be proud parents of the future. Some dreams were realized, many were broken and few dreams are living on the anticipation of hope. In this changing world, everything is changing. I observed an Egyptian mummy aged fact that nothing in this world is constant except change. And this makes change the most powerful thing in the world. There is no Eureka in this moment. But as I grow, week by week, I feel the changes in my approach to life, I understand the constancy of change keeps the universe ticking. In this constant race of survival, we often take a few moments to ponder over the changes around us. Some like me learn the hard way of living and innocence gets traded for the education of a lifetime.

It is the constancy of change that makes it powerful than the change itself. The changes when kick in make us realize its power. Writing this, I feel weak as we, all, are subjected to change and could not be more powerful than its certainty. Change is certain.

So whose power equates the constancy of change?

Source : Internet

The sound of drum beats in the air with devotion and a mood of revelry is unleashed. Yes, the festival celebrating glory and bravery of Mother (Maa) --- Navratri/Durga Puja is around the corner. Navratri is the longest dancing festival in the world. There is a surprising sense of energy in people who are lost in the worship of Maa. People dance to pray. Some pray for worldly things like Money, Macbook and a Mauritius trip. Some crave for power, fearlessness and wisdom. However, all think that the Holy Maa shall grant them all. Well they are not wrong in some sense as it is Maa that gives life and kindles the sense of survival in any creature of world - animal or human. We have read a lot about how mothers shaped greatness of some great men and women.

And this answers that what equates the most powerful thing in time and space. Maa. She carries power equal to the constancy of change as her view towards children is beyond change and remains constant as time flows. Child, whether ugly or beautiful, a success or failure, intelligent or foolish, any form of life be an animal, bird or human, it is Maa that protects and nourishes her child. There are lot of videos on internet showing a prey’s mother attacks the predator to save its child. More than 10 species of animals die after giving birth. The most interesting of them is Salmon fish. It travels more than 2000 kilometers to give birth to its offspring and the journey drenches its energy. It gets washed out and becomes an easy catch for the predators.

Source : Internet

A lot of Vedic stories also depict the larger than God stature of Maa. Maa powers life and gives it the form best suited for survival. All situations, be it good or worse, the first priority of Maa is well being of its children. This makes her equally powerful to the constancy of change. This piece of text may change you the way you look at Navratri/Durga Puja celebrations. We end up praying the power that equates the powerful change that alters our lives.

Well, with this word around Maa, I restart my blog and shall try to come up with more pieces of interesting text.

Amit Leela Purohit

The Lone Soldier

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