Go and hug your inner child
You may change as a person, the child in you should not
You maybe at whatever age and stage of life.
Figuring stuff.
Paying those bills.
Staring at the unwashed dishes with mop in your hand.
Groaning at the email notification from work.
Overwhelmed by anything life has thrown at you
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Relax. Breathe. Come, let me take you back in time.
Remember those summer vacations? Travelling in trains or buses to your natives. Enjoying mangoes. Playing all day till pitch dark. Going to summer camps to learn drawing, pottery, sports etc. Carefree, pure joy and endless energy!
The monsoons. Re-opening of schools, purchasing new books and stationery, showing off umbrellas and raincoats, jumping in water puddles until drenched, making paper and last but not the least — garam garam chai and pakodas! Ahh, pure bliss!
Then came the festive season, from Sharvan Maas to Diwali. New Clothes, cleaning home, hosting people, relishing delicacies, awaiting those lifafas (cash envelopes!) creating a havoc with cousins. A nightmare for the parents!
Followed by winters. Moms fussing over woolens, blankets and duvets. The irritating morning alarm for school. Piping hot Gajar ka Halwa. Christmas gifts. Making aachars at home. Weddings and chaos. Much for a season!
Spring season was officially exam season. Oral, written exams. Rushing project and assignment submissions. Those “potassium permanganate” science practicals. Phew! We were all busy bees.
Over years, our life evolved. Major shifts, change in social circles, added responsibilities, new struggles. You built, broke and rebuilt. Time and again. But somewhere, this little child in all of us still craves a bedtime story or its favourite candy.
This Children’s Day, I hope you visit your younger self, your inner child again. Embrace it. Feel the same curiousness, excitement, energy and pure joy. Trust me, you’ll feel lighter. Atleast a bit.
Happy Children’s Day!
P. S : (Meet me at the park, after home work? Hehe!)
