Bed time talks

It was bed time yesterday and as usual our little one was fully awake and energetic. To avoid him, I was pretending that I was in slumber .So he initiated talk with his daddy.

Neel: "Daddy, I am afraid of ghosts please switch on lights".
(Daddy was lazy to getup from bed and do as he wished)
Daddy: "Whenever you are afraid you can pray to god and god will surly protect you".
It was difficult to convince him in one go but looks like he convinced. But then his next question popped up._
Neel: "Daddy which God should I pray when I am in trouble?"
Daddy was puzzled but he gave choices like Ganesha, Shankara"
Neel :"No daddy , I will pray to lord Indra, after all he is king of all gods so he must be most powerful god" (Daddy was laughing listing to him)
Daddy: No no we don't pray Indra actually , he is not much of use.
Neel: Why? Prove that.
Daddy: Ummm Okay . Well in our house who is head of family?
Neel: It's you daddy.
Daddy: And daddy is afraid of whom?
Neel: ummmm it's mamma.You always listen to her.
Daddy: It is like that Indra obeys lord Ganesha 😃.

No need to say, today morning Neel was praying to Ganpati bappa 😉

बुद्धं शरणं गच्छामि

मला buddha ची मूर्ती बघितली एक खूप शांत वाटत .... त्यांचे मिटलेले विशाल डोळे ... एक स्मित हास्य ....कुरळे केस आणि चेहऱ्यावरच एक विलक्षण तेज ...
While roaming in Netherlands we saw many buddha statues , it always give a clam feeling . Globally which is symbol of peace in India it is symbol of cast. 

Mamma's Smile

Today morning, I was busy in making Neel ready for school . Trust me I have to rush and need to push him as these are the busiest 30 mins of my day. In sharp 30 mins he gets ready for school . I was doing my task like robot with little static face and suddenly Neel said ,”Mumma, Smile” . I was surprised and smiled looking at his smiling face and then his smile broadened. That moment gave me happiness which I can’t describe in words. And he said "Mamma, you don’t smile these days. Last year when I was in Jr.KG, you used to smile a lot. Now you have changed, you are always angry. Please keep smiling."

 I felt ashamed of myself . Smile is simple ingredient to make life happy. It even spreads smile on other’s faces. And it doesn’t cost anything, yet I am losing it while running behind clock, deadlines . Anyways things won’t change...stress will always remain there but accepting it with smile might change the perspective .

~Snehal J