I look forward to this moment every day. This is when I'm cut off from everything else, when I’m only enjoying that moment with her. That she wants to share this time with me tells how special I’m to her. This is also when I can be child-like, playing with her without caring about anything — basically unwinding with no inhibitions. This moment is special because I know how much she looks forward to it, and I’m reciprocating her love, innocence and cheekiness.
Because this routine of following my Tanishqa to her room every evening makes me so happy, I do it religiously — no matter how tiring or stressful the work day was. Sometimes, I also learn important life lessons from her, that I really ought to follow.
Here are some examples:
Lesson number 1: She chooses to remember the best part of an experience which she didn’t like.
Lesson number 2: Happiness is around us all the time, it doesn’t need to be in new and expensive things, we just need to notice our surroundings and learn to find joy in them.
Lesson number 3: Live in the moment and relish every minute of it. Sometimes, life is so busy we rush
through so many parts of it, never taking the time to smell the roses.
Lesson number 4: Never give up. I mean, of course I insist on my whims in front of my boss, that’s a shortcut to trouble. However, I think I can take a leaf from her and be that persistent and ruthless about the goals I set for myself.
Parenthood is a two-way lane and sometimes we can learn more from our children than we teach them. That’s probably why there’s a saying that goes: “Always keep that little kid in you alive!”