Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Aru, My Niece

It's been a long time since I blogged.. I had a lot of things to write but I was never sure about it.. It's not as if those topics weren't interesting enough or I wouldn't have been able to express my feelings about them.. It’s just that it didn't look like the next blog post, I didn't feel right about it.. So I thought a lot and I kept thinking, kept searching for a topic.. I have been doing it for more than 2 years now and it was today morning that I saw this status of my sister on Facebook.

Madhumalti Sharma : My 4 year old daughter just made me cry...from her Christmas market at school, she picked up gifts for Dad (a book), Mom (moisturising lotion) and her brother (toy)...nothing for herself!

That four year old is Aru, my niece. :)

It’s amazing to see what a 4 year old child can think of, the things that they can imagine.. Today when I go out, I do make a point to pick up things for others while buying things for myself.. But on the other hand, that little girl picked up things for her family and nothing for herself.. She knows the real meaning of giving.. She is happy to give.. She was happy just to see a smile on the faces of her family.. She was happy because her family was happy.. All she wanted in return was her family’s happiness.. This noble thought came to the mind of a 4 year old girl..

The readers must have noticed that I have mentioned her age many times.. There is a reason why I’m emphasizing on it.. My readers are obviously a lot more older than her.. I myself am 19.. So I want to raise a question.. I asked myself and now I ask all of you.. How many times have we done something like this? Why are we so self-centered?? Have we not got a nice upbringing?? I know I have and I’m sure you all must have had a nice upbringing too.. What went wrong?? Today there’s a lot of competition, we have to be practical.. Nah.. It’s us that went wrong.. I learnt something from that 4 year old girl, Did you? ;-)

Think about it.

I’d like to end this blog post by saying that today I’m a proud a Mama (Uncle). And I’m proud of my sister and my Jijaji for the kind of upbringing they are giving to their children. God bless all of u! :)

Signing off,
A proud Mama ;)

P.S. : Someday in the future Aru will read this blog herself, and that day, she will proud of herself too.. :)