I Wish I was a kid...

Hey Guys,

Was sitting on the lawn waiting for my usual pickup home from the city this weekend, i saw 2 kids happily running around and playing. And just looking at them a few thoughts ran into my mind which im sure you also would relate to when u saw kids playing around, coz deep down the proffessionals lies a small kid who is waiting to come out. So i guess i would be right wen i say...

I wish I was a kid -

Coz mom smiled wen she heard me cry 4 d 1st time,

Coz d world smiled wen I smiled,

Coz d word "LOVE" only came out only for parents,

Coz runnin around was not to catch a local train,

Coz a mistake ws forgiven by treating a frnd,

Coz deadlines only came at exam time,

Coz dissappointments came only when we scored low n exams,

Coz takin a break meant summer holidays,

Coz a wada pav substituted for a burger and gola fr a Baskin Robbins,

Coz travelling atop in a double-decker bus was like travelling in an aeroplane,

Coz football was played even wit a plastic ball and not on PS3,

Coz we would ride a cycle witout a helmet and not worry about a pothole,

Coz gettiing wet in the rains would bring joy and not the frustration of reaching d office drenched,

Coz hommemade food was far better than partying at hotels,

Coz we were innocent and immature and yet our actions never caused hurt,

You will find fewer reasons to grow up and be mature but many reasons to enjoy life with the same fun as the time when we were kids. Dont loose the innocence in you for anyone.

Its good to let the innocent and trouble-maker child in you at times in order to bring fun and luaghter in yours and in the life of others.

We are all children in the ees of God so be what you are to be.

One humble request to parents, do not snatch these from the children since this is the only phase of life which a person will remember and miss the most all his life, till the time he breathes his last.

- Sylvester Francis

This too shall pass... - A Beautiful Sermon

I know many of you would be thinkin how can a "Sermon" be beautiful since most of us dozed off on our parent's lap when we were kids and then when we grew up we used to poke each other with the elbow and to show the other who was sleeping and giggle around...Yes those were the good old days..


But at a Christmas mass a couple of years ago, the priest shared a beautiful story which has really inspired me so thought of sharing.


"There was once a King who was always at the extreme end of emotions. When he was happy he was very happy and when sad, he was very sad. So the king thought to himself that could there be something that can keep him neutral all the time, niether very sad nor very happy.


So he called a meeting of his trusted members of the council of ministers in his kingdom and declared that anyone who brings a "thing" which made him not feel too happy or sad, he would be richly rewarded by the King. And so the ministers set out in search of that special thing. They went all around the world, went to the rich and the poor but could not find that special thing which they were looking for.


Dejected he was, a minister gave a last attempt and saw a poor goldsmith working in a shop.He asked him if he could make something for the king who would in return reward him for his deeds. So the poor man went inside the shop and moulded a ring and gave it to the minister. As soon as the King saw the ring he at once called the goldsmith to his palace and rewarded him for he had pleased the king with the "ring" that he had moulded. The other ministers were dazzled at the gesture of the King and inquired as to what the goldsmith had made since they thought it was just a mere ring. But the king said to them, that this isn't an ordinary ring. And read to them the words which the goldsmith had inscribed on the ring.


It read, "This too shall pass away.."


Many a times we are either too happy or too sad in our own worlds. When we are happy we think of the fact that its our own achivement and that nothing will go wrong from now on and at times when we are sad, we are so dejected that we forget to tell ourselves that, "This too shall pass away.."