I recently had the chance to spend time with my baby cousin..and my bad luck, i havent had enough chances to spend time with new born kids. wow.. she is without a doubt the most adorable, cutest baby i have ever seen.. her tiny finger nails..the way she caught them in a fist..firm..yet so extremely fragile. she was sleeping when i first saw her.. her eyes closed, wonder what she could have been dreaming about because she looked so happy and peaceful in her sleep.. no troubles.. looking at her sleep in her cradle stirred something within me. and when she woke up... wow!! :-) her eyes had so much of life.. the way she looked at everything around her, looked at me and my friend.. she just grasped it... she was looking at everything whole-heartedly.. the simplest of things sent her into peals of laughter.. (for the first time i actually saw for myself why babies are called "bundles of joy"). a wierd funny face, strange new noises, bright colours, a gentle touch, animate gestures...all those coochi cochie's.. a newspaper, napking..even when she soiled her diaper.. everything made her laugh. it was such a wonderful moment for me to just watch a baby enjoying her life...
in that room which had 5 fully developed grown mature adults, that 15 pounds infant which has a poorly developed physical body, absolutely no knowledge about science, logic, happily ignorant about the evils of the "real world"..you could say the baby was the "dumbest" among the 5 grown up's..
yet without a doubt, when i took a look at the sparkle in her eyes, she was the one who enjoyed the present moment the most..it was so evident that she was happy to be alive, joy in every little thing.. she had absolute faith that she was being looked after by her mom, to be fed when hungry, cleaned when soiled, put to sleep when tired, she was certain that her whims and fancies will be entertained. :-)
20 years ago, i had that same spark in my eyes...that same unshakable faith that i'll be looked after.. something changed in all these years. lost faith in my parents, god...started blaming situations... but i still got through anyway.. had i just held on to that faith that im being looked after (which i realised, is true) , life will be much better.. :-)
its amazing that a baby taught me such a valuable lesson. :-)
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the whole things sounds almost poetic(good) and its structured well..gr8....next time try a poem;)
I agree with Vaidhy. You are a keen observer, and express yourself well (whenever you do....., so please do more....)
We look forward for more blogs from you...
Papa and mummy
i always thought u had in you a great sense of philosophy.your thoughts prove me right but keeps me wondering still and u know why? you have in you a budding poet too !!! waiting to read more ...
good one priyanka........ everyone admires a baby but none explores more than that n u ve done it..... the whole thing is so cute n composed....
you know that i'm not a big fan of babies...he he...but you just brought out the beauty of one and it was wonderful...true the lesson you can learn from them...looking forward to reading more such articles from you.
:-) thanks all of you.. :-)really happy u ppl liked it..
'faith'... the only thing which an individual should possess to continue with 'everything'... and... you have really brought it lively through your words. "Wonderful". keep posting...
hii... sorry many comments got deleted.. it wasnt intentional.. :-)
Nicely written Priyanka! You were able to help the readers visualize everything. Keep it up!
Prakash
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