Ready for the World!!! [First Day at School]
Dear Sharvari,
Yesterday was your first day at the Play School, really the
first step out of our home. Here I am wondering how fast time flies; you were a
small little angle in our life just a couple of years ago. All the small skills
of life you acquired over this period brought a lot and lot of joy in our
lives. I know you are getting ready to see and face this beautiful world around
you. I want you to live your life to its full and go on exploring it with great
courage and joy. You need to learn to live the current moment and embrace the
present; the past is gone and future is yet to come. Life is only as long as
the happy moments we live. You do need to cherish the past but not let it
hamper your present and at the same time plan for your future and not let it overshadow
your current moment. I know it’s going to be a balancing act but I am confident
you will be able to strike it.
You tell us your play-school name as ‘Rabbit and Tortoise’ and you also know the story of Rabbit and the Tortoise where the tortoise wins the race slowly and steadily. The world has changed quite a bit after this story was originally told. You need to be as fast as rabbit and as steady as the tortoise to win. Again, I do not want you to get yourself into the mad-race. Choose your field carefully without following the herd and acquire all the good qualities to win. Winning or losing is part of life but you succeed as far as you have tried. I want you to try hard and not worry about the result, leave the result to God.
There will be times when you will have to make some choices;
I will help you to be ready to make those. You have to always make a conscious choice
between right or wrong, beautiful or ugly, short or long,
quick-dirty or slow-elegant, yes or no. I am sure you will eventually learn to make those choices on your own. And once again, you will always get an opportunity to
learn from your mistakes but also learn to not repeat the mistakes.
It was
hard for me to leave you at the school yesterday when you wanted to be with
your daddy, but that was a decision I had made for you.
Wishing you all the
very best in life with lots of love…always…
Your Baba…
Lovely letter...
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